Exodus 5:7

The Scriptures 2009

“You are no longer to 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 each other, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

Genesis 24:25

And she said to him, “We have both straw and fodder enough, and room to spend the night.”

Exodus 5:6

And the same day Pharaoh commanded the slave-drivers of the people and their foremen, saying,

Exodus 5:8

And lay on them the required amount of bricks which they made before, do not diminish it. For they are idle, that is why they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and slaughter to our Elohim.’ ”

Judges 19:19

yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and bread and wine for myself, and for your female servant, and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of any matter.”