Exodus 5:12

And the people scattered themselves abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

In Context

11Go ye, get yourselves straw from wherever ye can find it; yet not the least shall be taken off from your work.

13And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfill your works, every day its due portion, just as when there was straw.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7And in the greatness of thy excellency hast thou overthrown those that rose up against thee; thou didst send forth thy wrath, it consumed them as stubble.

Isaiah 47:14Behold, they are become as stubble; the fire burneth them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: not a coal shall be left to warm at, no blaze to sit before it.

Obadiah 1:18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau become stubble, and they shall set them on fire, and devour them; and there shall not be any one remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:11-15

10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which… Read the whole commentary →

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