Exodus 5:12

And the people were scattered abroad over all the country of Mizraim to gather stubble for straw.

Targum Onkelos

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

11You shall go and gather up straw for yourselves wheresoever you can find it; though from you work there shall be mother diminished.

13And the masters were urgent, saying, Fulfil your work, the matter of a day in a day, as you did when straw was given to you.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7And in the greatness of Thy might Thou hast broken down them who arose against Thy people. Thou didst send forth Thy wrath, and it consumed them as stubble in the flame,

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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