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Exodus 5:7

5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

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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

    She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

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  • Judges 19:19

    Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

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