Exodus 5:7

“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

In Context

6That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

8But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Cross References

Genesis 24:25Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:4-10

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the… Read the whole commentary →

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