Exodus 5:7

New American Bible - revised edition

“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for their brickmaking as before. Let them go and gather their own straw!

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

They said to one another, “Come, let us mold bricks and harden them with fire.” They used bricks for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

Genesis 24:25

We have plenty of straw and fodder,” she added, “and also a place to spend the night.”

Exodus 5:6

That very day Pharaoh gave the taskmasters of the people and their foremen this order:

Exodus 5:8

Yet you shall levy upon them the same quota of bricks as they made previously. Do not reduce it. They are lazy; that is why they are crying, ‘Let us go to offer sacrifice to our God.’

Judges 19:19

We have straw and fodder for our donkeys, and bread and wine for myself and for your maidservant and the young man who is with your servant; there is nothing else we need.”