Exodus 5:8

God's Word

but insist that they make the same number of bricks they were making before. Making fewer bricks will not be acceptable. They’re lazy! That’s why they’re crying, ‘Let us go offer sacrifices to our God.’

Cross References

Psalm 106:41

He handed them over to other nations, and those who hated them ruled them.

Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians put slave drivers in charge of them in order to oppress them through forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 5:17

“You’re lazy! ⌞Just plain⌟ lazy!” Pharaoh answered. “That’s why you keep saying, ‘Let us go offer sacrifices to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:19

The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “Don’t make fewer bricks each day than you’re supposed to.”

Exodus 5:7

“Don’t give the people any more straw to make bricks as you have been doing. Let them gather their own straw,

Exodus 5:9

Make the work harder for these people so that they will be too busy to listen to lies.”