Exodus 5:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Don't give the slaves any more straw to put in their bricks. Force them to find their own straw wherever they can,

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

they said: Let's build a city with a tower that reaches to the sky! We'll use hard bricks and tar instead of stone and mortar. We'll become famous, and we won't be scattered all over the world.

Genesis 24:25

We have a place where you and your men can stay, and we also have enough straw and feed for your camels.”

Exodus 5:6

That same day the king gave orders to his slave bosses and to the men directly in charge of the Israelite slaves. He told them:

Exodus 5:8

but they must make the same number of bricks as before. They are lazy, or else they would not beg me to let them go and sacrifice to their God.

Judges 19:19

We brought food for our donkeys and bread and wine for ourselves, so we don't need anything except a place to sleep.”