Exodus 5:7

“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

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KJV

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

ASV

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

YLT

`Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore--they go and have gathered straw for themselves;

DBT

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick,.... Whether this was given and used to mix with the clay, as is done in some places (h), that the bricks made thereof might be firmer and stronger, or to burn them with in the furnaces, or to cover them from the heat of the sun, that they might not dry too soon and crack, is not easy to determine; though it is said that the unburnt bricks of Egypt formerly were, and still are made of clay mixed with straw.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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Some of the most ancient buildings in Egypt were constructed of bricks not burned, but dried in the sun; they were made of clay, or more commonly of mud, mixed with straw chopped into small pieces. An immense quantity of straw must have been wanted for the works on which the Israelites were engaged, and their labors must have been more than doubled by this requisition.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick--The making of bricks appears to have been a government monopoly as the ancient bricks are nearly all stamped with the name of a king, and they were formed, as they are still in Lower Egypt, of clay mixed with chopped straw and dried or hardened in the sun.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

His suggestions were very unreasonable. (1.) That the people were idle, and that therefore they talked of going to sacrifice. The cities they built for Pharaoh, and the other fruit of their labours, were witnesses for them that they were not idle; yet he thus basely misrepresents them, that he might have a pretence to increase their burdens.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Psalms 129:1
Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
Genesis 11:3
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
Judges 19:19
even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”
Genesis 24:25
Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
Nehemiah 9:10
You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
Exodus 1:14
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

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The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Genesis 24:25
Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
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- 1 Peter 4:9
  Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
- Isaiah 32:8
  But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
- Judges 19:19–21
  even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”
- Genesis 18:4–8
  Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.

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