Exodus 5:1-7

Bricks Without Straw

1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’ ”
2 Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go.”
3 Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
4 But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!”
5 Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”
6 That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:
7 “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S Exodus 4:23
  • 2. S Exodus 3:18
  • 3. Judges 2:10; 2 Kings 18:35; Job 21:15; Malachi 3:14
  • 4. Exodus 3:19
  • 5. S Genesis 30:36
  • 6. Exodus 3:18; Leviticus 26:25; Numbers 14:12; Deuteronomy 28:21; 2 Samuel 24:13
  • 7. S Exodus 1:11; Exodus 6:6-7
  • 8. S Genesis 12:2; Exodus 1:7,9
  • 9. S Genesis 15:13
  • 10. S Genesis 11:3
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