Exodus 5:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Exodus 5:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Some 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....
Exodus 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

straw . Tebn , an Egyptian word for chaff, or chopped straw; not our Eng. stubble.
Exodus 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Straw to make brick - There have been many conjectures concerning the use of straw in...
Exodus 5:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Straw to make brick— The straw was mixed with clay and mud: "The composition of bricks in Egypt," Dr. Shaw tells us, "was only a mixture of clay, mud, and straw, slightly blended and kneaded toge...
Exodus 5:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Ye shall no more give the people straw. The making of bricks appears to have...
Exodus 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Straw to make brick. — “The use of crude brick was general in Egypt for dwelling-houses, tombs, and ordinary buildings, the walls of towns, fortresses, and the sacred enclosures of temples, and for...
Exodus 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This complaint of the idleness of the Israelites was false. See Exodus 1:11 .
Exodus 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick ,.... Whether this was given and used to mix with the clay, as is done in some places h, that the bricks made thereof might be firmer and stronge...
Exodus 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Ver. 7. Ye shall no more give the people straw. ] Speculum tyrannidis semper auge...
Exodus 5:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Straw To mix with the clay. Shaw tells us in his Travels , (p. 136,) that “the composition of bricks in Egypt was only a mixture of clay, mud, and straw, slightly blended and kneaded together, and...
Exodus 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the L ORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestil...
Exodus 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The straw was used either to mingle with the clay, that it might not be too brittle; or to cover the clay when it was formed into bricks, that the heat of the sun might not dry them too much, which m...
Exodus 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 5:1 . Hold a feast] That is, of course, a religious festival,—a “holyday,” as the same word is rendered Psalms 42:4 ; “with processions and dancing,” of we keep close to...
Exodus 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 5:6-2 Rulers are not always content simply to refuse inconvenient demands. Sometimes they set to work with much ingenuity and worldly wisdom to prevent their repetition. T...
Exodus 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Taskmasters Instructed to Burden the People
Exodus 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

straw.
Exodus 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Straw — To mix with the clay, or to burn the brick with.

Exodus 5:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 5:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 5:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 5:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 5:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 5:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 5:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 5:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes