Exodus 5:18

Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

In Context

17And he said to them, Ye are idle, ye are idlers: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to our God.

19And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in an evil plight, men saying, Ye shall not fail to deliver the daily rate of the brickmaking.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11And whereas my father chastised you with a heavy yoke, I will also add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions.

Ezekiel 18:18But if his father grievously afflict, or plunder, he has wrought enmity in the midst of my people, and shall die in his iniquity.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:16-23

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord . 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of… Read the whole commentary →

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