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Exodus 5:7

5 Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”

6 That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

8 But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

9 Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
KJV
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
WEB
“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
ASV
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
DARBY
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
BLB
“You⁺ shall not continue to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks as yesterday and the day before yesterday. They shall go and gather straw for themselves.
ÅB
Dere skal ikke mere gi folket halm til teglarbeidet, som før; de skal selv gå og sanke seg halm.
OTB
«Dere skal ikke lenger gi folket halm til å lage murstein som før; la dem samle halm selv.
B1930
I skal ikke mere gi folket halm til teglarbeidet, som før; de skal selv gå og sanke sig halm.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 24:25

    Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”

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  • Judges 19:19

    even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”

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