Exodus 5:7

Easy To Read Version

“You have always given the people straw and they use it to make bricks. But now, tell them they have to go and find their own straw to make bricks.

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

The people said, “We should make bricks and put them in fire so that they will become very hard.” So the people used bricks, not stones, to build their houses. And the people used tar, [66] not mortar. [67]

Genesis 24:25

Then she said, “And yes, we have straw for your camels and a place for you to sleep.”

Exodus 5:6

That same day, Pharaoh gave a command to make work harder for the people of Israel. Pharaoh said to the slave masters and Hebrew foremen,

Exodus 5:8

But they must still make the same number of bricks as they did before. They have become lazy. That is why they are asking me to let them go. They don’t have enough work to do. That is why they asked me to let them make sacrifices [44] to their God.

Judges 19:19

We already have straw and food for our donkeys. There is also bread and wine for me, the young woman and my servant. We don’t need anything.”