Exodus 5:7

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before: but let them go and gather straw.

Cross References

Judges 19:19

We have straw and hay for provender of the asses, and bread and wine for the use of myself and of thy handmaid, and of the servant that is with me: we want nothing but lodging.

Genesis 24:25

And she said moreover to him: We have good store of both straw and hay, and a large place to lodge in.

Genesis 11:3

And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar.

Exodus 5:6

Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:

Exodus 5:8

And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before, neither shall you diminish any thing thereof: For they are idle, and therefore they cry, saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.