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Exodus 5

Exodus 5:11

Bricks and Straw · Exodus 5:6–14
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Translations

Modern
Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
Traditional
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
Literal
You go, get straw for yourselves from wherever you can find it; for nothing is diminishing from your service.’”
Latin
…ite, et colligite sicubi invenire poteritis, nec minuetur quidquam de opere vestro.

Original

Hebrew
English
Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”

Notes

Exodus 5:6–14

Pharaoh increased the workload to punish their disobedience. He thought they had too much free time (5:8). He could not imagine a god revealing himself outside the royal worship system. He believed they invented their unusual religious ideas instead of working (see also 5:17).

Exodus 5:1–14

Pharaoh not only rejected the request of Moses to release the Hebrew slaves, he also retaliated by making their work harder. The arrival of the rescuer had actually made the situation worse.

Exodus 4:29–7:7

In this section, the Lord promised to rescue the Israelites. He said that he would bring them out of slavery.

At first, the people responded in a positive way. They believed what God said. However, later they faced a crisis of faith. They began to doubt God’s promise and struggled to trust him.

Glossary

Aaron Book of Exodus Brick, Brick Kiln Deuteronomy, Book of Taskmaster

Topics

Brick: Made by Israelites Cruelty: Egyptians to the Israelites Egypt: Israel in Pharaoh Increases Their Affliction Servant: Israelites