American Standard Version
Exodus 5:7
7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus 5:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
- New International Version (NIV)“You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Context of Exodus 5:7
5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6And the same day Pharaoh commanded 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. 8And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.
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לֹ֣א תֹאסִפ֞וּן לָתֵ֨ת תֶּ֧בֶן לָעָ֛ם לִלְבֹּ֥ן הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים כִּתְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֑ם הֵ֚ם יֵֽלְכ֔וּ וְקֹשְׁשׁ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם תֶּֽבֶן׃Read the interlinear
Commentaries on Exodus 5:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Straw to make brick - There have been many conjectures concerning the use of straw in making bricks. Some suppose it was used merely for burning them, but this is unfounded. The eastern bricks are often made of clay and straw kneaded together, and then not burned, but thoroughly dried in the sun. This is expressly mentioned by Philo in his life of Moses, who says, describing the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt, that some were obliged to work in clay…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Some of the most ancient buildings in Egypt were constructed of bricks not burned, but dried in the sun; they were made of clay, or more commonly of mud, mixed with straw chopped into small pieces. An immense quantity of straw must have been wanted for the works on which the Israelites were engaged, and their labors must have been more than doubled by this requisition.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Straw is a binder to help clay and mud bricks retain their form while drying in the sun.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick--The making of bricks appears to have been a government monopoly as the ancient bricks are nearly all stamped with the name of a king, and they were formed, as they are still in Lower Egypt, of clay mixed with chopped straw and dried or hardened in the sun. The Israelites were employed in this drudgery; and though they still dwelt in Goshen and held property in flocks and herds, they were compelled…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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