Exodus 5:7

Modern English Version

“You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

They said to each other, “Let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone and tar for mortar.

Genesis 24:25

Again she said to him, “We have both straw and provision enough, and room in which to lodge.”

Exodus 5:6

Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

Exodus 5:8

However, the quota of the bricks, which they were making previously, you shall lay upon them. You shall not diminish any of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Judges 19:19

Yet there is enough straw and fodder for our donkeys, with bread and wine for me, your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servant. We do not lack anything.”