Exodus 5:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Exodus 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

tale. A. S. talu, . number. thereof . The suffix is Masculine and refers to the people, "diminish [your exactions] from them. " and . Some codices, with one early printed edition, Targum of On...
Exodus 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Exodus 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 o...
Exodus 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This complaint of the idleness of the Israelites was false. See Exodus 1:11 .
Exodus 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, you shall lay upon them ,.... Oblige them to make and bring in the same number of bricks they used to do, when straw was brought to them a...
Exodus 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 t...
Exodus 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They are idle The cities they built for Pharaoh were witnesses for them that they were not idle; yet he thus basely misrepresents them, that he might have a pretence to increase their burdens.
Exodus 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Exodus 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Taskmasters Instructed to Burden the People
Exodus 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

tale. ye shall lay. Psalms 106:41
Exodus 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They are idle — The cities they built for Pharaoh, were witnesses for them that they were not idle; yet he thus basely misrepresents them, that he might have a pretence to increase their burdens.

Exodus 5:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 5:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 5:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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

Exodus 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 5:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 5:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 5:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 5:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 5:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes