Exodus 5:7

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

You shall no more give the people straw to make brick; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly. So they had brick for stone, and slime (bitumen) for mortar.

Genesis 24:25

She said also to him, We have both straw and provender (fodder) enough, and also room in which to lodge.

Exodus 5:6

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

Exodus 5:8

But the number of the bricks which they made before you shall still require of them; you shall not diminish it in the least. For they are idle; that is why they cry, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Judges 19:19

Yet we have both straw and provender for our donkeys and bread and wine also for me, your handmaid, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.