Exodus 5:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. ”

Exodus 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Stubble instead of straw - Rather, for the straw: i. e. to be prepared as straw. This marks the season of the year, namely, early spring, after the barley or wheat harvest, toward the end of Apri...
Exodus 5:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:1 to Exodus 6:1 ( Exodus 5:1 f. and Exodus 5:4 E, the rest J). Pharaoh's first refusal to let Israel go, and his increase of their burdens. The bulk of the story is taken from J,...
Exodus 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stubble . Hebrew. gash = reeds. Shown in Egyptian pictures on the monuments.
Exodus 5:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. So the people were scattered abroad. This circumstance proves how bitterly they were afflicted, and what labor beyond their strength was imposed upon them. In order to make bricks, at le...
Exodus 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
Exodus 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. So the people were scattered. It was an immense grievance to the labourers individuall...
Exodus 5:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Increase of the Oppression 1. Pharaoh ] probably P. Merenptah. See on Exodus 1:8 . His court may have been at Zoan or Tanis during the events that ensued: cp. Psalms 78:12 ; Psalms 78:43 ; Th...
Exodus 5:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Stubble instead of straw. — Heb., stubble for the straw. Reaping in Egypt was effected by cutting off the ears only from the stalks, and thus a very tall stubble was left in the fields. This appe...
Exodus 5:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V. PHARAOH REFUSES. Exodus 5:1-23 . After forty years of obscurity and silence, Moses re-enters the magnificent halls where he had formerly turned his back upon so great a place. The...
Exodus 5:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Request to Worship Jehovah Answered by Oppression Exodus 5:1-14 The bondage of Israel in Egypt is an apt type of our bondage to sin. See John 8:34-36 ; Romans 7:23-25 . The weary tyranny...
Exodus 5:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the last picture of the people in bondage. As we follow the history, we shall be particularly interested in noticing the process through which Pharaoh passed. Here Moses and Aaron came t...
Exodus 5:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James 5:8
Exodus 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt ,.... That part of it where they dwelt: to gather stubble instead of straw ; straw not being easy to come at, they were obliged...
Exodus 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. Ver. 12. So the people were scattered. ] So are most people now-a-days busied about trash a...
Exodus 5:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FIRST APPEAL TO PHARAOH AND THE RESULTS (vs.1-23) Moses and Aaron then gain an audience with Pharaoh, and simply tell him the message that the Lord God of Israel has for him, "Let My people g...
Exodus 5:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can...
Exodus 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All the land of Egypt, i.e. all that part of it; which is a very usual synecdoche.
Exodus 5:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Pharaoh's Vindictive Response to Their Approach ( Exodus 5:5-19 ). a Pharaoh says, the people of the land are many and you make them rest from their burdens ( Exodus 5:5 ). b Pharaoh commands...
Exodus 5:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 5:10-14 THE TRUE PICTURE OF A GREAT TYRANT In the Word of God we have many patterns of human life and moral conduct. We have depicted the proud man in...
Exodus 5:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:1 . Moses and Aaron, accompanied by the elders, as in Exodus 6:26 , went to Pharaoh. Exodus 5:2 . Who is Jehovah? I know not JEHOVAH. The mythology of the gentiles supposed every cit...
Exodus 5:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ye shall no more give the people straw. Requiring the impossible I. That there are some people in society who strive to make those under them do the impossible. Pharaoh tried to make the Israel...
Exodus 5:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 5:10-2 The command of Pharaoh gone forth—no straw was to be provided for the Israelites, they were themselves to gather straw. The taskmasters could not soften the edict;...
Exodus 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The People Complain to Pharaoh
Exodus 5:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Controversy Between Pharaoh and God Exodus 5:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The concluding verses of chapter 4, which link our last message with this one, are most interesting. It would hardly do...

Exodus 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 5:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 5:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 5:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 5:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 5:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 5:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 5:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary