Exodus 5:7

“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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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

6The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

8You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Cross References

Genesis 24:25She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge in.”

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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