Exodus 5:7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

Genesis 24:25

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

Exodus 5:6

That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, as well as their supervisors,

Exodus 5:8

But you shall require of them the same quantity of bricks as they have made previously; do not diminish it, for they are lazy; that is why they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’

Judges 19:19

We your servants have straw and fodder for our donkeys, with bread and wine for me and the woman and the young man along with us. We need nothing more.”