Exodus 5:7
◄  Exodus 5:7  ►
You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

straw. The straw was mixed with clay, in order to make the bricks. This is expressly affirmed by Philo who was himself a native of Alexandria, in Egypt. He says, describing the oppression of the Israelites, that some were obliged to work in clay, and others to gather straw for the formation of bricks. Philo's account is confirmed by Dr. Shaw, who says that some of the Egyptian pyramids are made of brick, the composition whereof is only a mixture of clay, mud, and straw, slightly blended and kneaded together, and afterwards baked in the sun. The straw, which keeps the bricks together, and still preserves its original colour, seems to be a proof that these bricks were never burnt or made in kilns. The same materials are now used for building in Egypt. Mr. Baumgarten says, The houses are for the most part of bricks that are only hardened by the heat of the sun, and mixed with straw to make them firm.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Don't continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"You are no longer to give the people straw to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"You're no longer to give the people straw for making bricks, as in the past. They must gather straw for themselves.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

American King James Version
You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before: but let them go and gather straw.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

World English Bible
"You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Young's Literal Translation
'Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore -- they go and have gathered straw for themselves;

Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

Exodus 5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Exodus 5:8 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.

“ Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks , as before . They must go and gather straw for themselves. —HCSB

"You are no longer to give the people straw to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves. —NASB

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

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Exodus Chapter 5 Verse 7

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