Exodus 5:7

New International Version

“You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.

Genesis 24:25

And she added, “We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.”

Exodus 5:6

That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:

Exodus 5:8

But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Judges 19:19

We have both straw and fodder for our donkeys and bread and wine for ourselves your servants—me, the woman and the young man with us. We don’t need anything.”