Exodus 5:7

Tree of Life Version

“You are not to give the people any more straw to make bricks, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

They said to one another, “Come! Let’s make bricks and bake them until they’re hard.” So they used bricks for stone, and tar for mortar.

Genesis 24:25

She also said to him, “There’s both straw and plenty of feed with us, as well as room to spend the night.”

Exodus 5:6

Then on the same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters of the people and their foremen saying,

Exodus 5:8

But impose on them the quota of bricks that they made previously; don’t reduce it. For they are lazy—that’s why they cry out saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Judges 19:19

Nevertheless, there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, your handmaid, and the young man that is with your servants—there is no lack of anything.”