Exodus 5:12

So HaAm were scattered abroad throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim to gather stubble instead of straw.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 you straw where ye can find it; yet not ought of your avodah shall be diminished.

13And the nogesim pressed them, saying, Fulfil your ma'asim, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7And in the greatness of Thine majesty 1 Thou hast overthrown them that rose up against Thee; 1 Thou sentest forth Thy charon (wrath), 1 which consumed them as stubble. 1

Isaiah 47:14Hinei, they shall be as kash (stubble, straw); 1 the eish shall burn them; 1 they shall not save their nefesh 1 from the power of the flame; 1 there shall not be a hot coal to warm them, 1 nor eish to sit before. 1

Obadiah 1:18And the Beis Ya'akov shall be an eish (fire), 1 and the Beis Yosef a flame, 1 and the Beis Esav for stubble, 1 and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; 1 and there shall not be any remaining of the Beis Esav; 1 for Hashem hath spoken. 1

1 Corinthians 3:12Now if anyone builds on the yesod with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,

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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