Exodus 5:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

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.”

Genesis 24:25

Then she said, “Yes, we have straw and other food for your camels and a place for you to sleep.”

Genesis 11:3

Then they said to each other, “Let’s make some bricks of clay and bake them in the fire.” Then they used these bricks as stones, and they used tar as mortar.

Exodus 5:6

That same day Pharaoh gave a command 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 gotten 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 to their God.