11. Constituerunt igitur super illum praefectos vectigalium,
שרי סמים S M., Buxtorf, and most of the modern lexicographers, agree with C. in rendering these words officers over the tributes; though the LXX., and the V., and the 21. A V., render מסם here
labors, or tasks — W
ut affligerent illum oneribus suis: extruxeruntque urbes munitas Pharaoni Pithom et Rhameses.
Vel recondendae annonae, C., or for storing corn.