20 occurrences in 6 translations

'Foremen' in the Bible

So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfOppression, Nature OfStoringSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, HardshipSuffering, Nature OfTaskmastersStores Of FoodForced Labour

That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen:

Verse ConceptsOverseersTaskmasters

So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am not giving you straw.

Verse ConceptsHeraldTaskmasters

Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesFloggingIncomplete Works

So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

Verse ConceptsAskingWhy Do You Do This?

The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You cannot reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

Verse ConceptsNo ReductionTroubling Groups Of People

When they left Pharaoh’s presence, the foremen met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them.

Verse ConceptsWaitingMeeting PeoplePeople Waiting

And the foremen said to them, “May the Lord look upon you and judge you, because you have made us odious (something hated) in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and you have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

Verse ConceptsNosesSmellsApproval To Kill

Gather together the leaders of your tribes and your foremen so I can speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and the earth as witnesses against them,

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthAssembling LeadersThings As WitnessesThe Elders Gathered

They would then hand over the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord's temple,

Verse ConceptsBuildingCarpenterswoodworking

It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord's temple.

Verse ConceptsRepairing

They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.

Verse ConceptsFraudFidelityServants, GoodTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsMoney Managementaccounting

Have them hand it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,

Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, "Your servants melted down the silver in the temple and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple."

Verse ConceptsWages

The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord's temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord's temple.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenBronzeCarpentersHiringIronMasonsreinforcement

They handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it.

The workmen did their duties faithfully with these foremen supervising them: Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Levi who were Merari's sons, Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath, and various descendants of Levi, who were skilled musicians.

Verse ConceptsFidelityInstrumentalists

supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

Verse ConceptsSecretary

They melted down the silver in the Lord's temple and handed it over to the supervisors of the construction foremen."

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