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Find it wherever you can. But you must produce just as many bricks as before!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Go, get yourselves straw where you can find it; yet none of your work will be reduced.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You go, get straw for yourselves wherever you can find <i>it;</i> but none of your labor will be reduced.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but none of your labor will be reduced.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘You go <i>and</i> get straw for yourselves wherever you can find <i>it;</i> but none of your labor will be reduced.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You go <i>and</i> get straw for yourselves wherever you can find <i>it</i>, but no amount of your slave labor will be reduced.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Go, get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work [quota] will not be reduced in the least.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go get straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go get straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but there will be no reduction at all in your workload.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Go and find your own straw wherever you can, but you must still make as many bricks as before." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work load will not be reduced one bit."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He says that you must go and get it for yourselves wherever you can find it, but you must still make the same number of bricks." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work quotas won't be reduced at all.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not aught of your work shall be diminished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />you—go, take straw for yourselves where you can find [it], for there is nothing diminished of your service.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> ye -- go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find it, for there is nothing of your service diminished.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Go ye, take straw for yourselves, from where ye shall find it; for not a word shall be taken away from your works.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Go, and gather it where you can find it: neither shall any thing of your work be diminished. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Go, and collect it wherever you are able to find it. Neither will anything of your work be diminished.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Go and get your own straw from wherever you can find it. But there will not be the slightest reduction in your work.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Go and get straw yourselves, wherever you can find it; but your work will not be lessened in the least.’”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Go, get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it; but your work shall not be reduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You go take yourselves straw from where you can and let not a thing be reduced from your work.’”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Go ye, yourselves, get for yourselves straw whencesoever ye can find it, for nothing is diminished from your rate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/5-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=1033" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm">Bricks and Straw</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lə·ḵū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qə·ḥū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">and get</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">your own</a> <a href="/hebrew/8401.htm" title="8401: te·ḇen (N-ms) -- Straw. Probably from banah; properly, material, i.e. refuse haum or stalks of grain.">straw</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: mê·’ă·šer (Prep-m:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">wherever</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: tim·ṣā·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To attain to, find. ">you can find it;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/5656.htm" title="5656: mê·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 2mp) -- Labor, service. Or mabowdah; from abad; work of any kind.">your workload</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">will in no way</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: dā·ḇār (N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1639.htm" title="1639: niḡ·rā‘ (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To diminish, restrain, withdraw. A primitive root; to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold.">be reduced.’”</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-13.htm">Exodus 1:13-14</a></span><br />They worked the Israelites ruthlessly / and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23</a></span><br />After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6-7</a></span><br />Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. / I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Exodus 7:16</a></span><br />Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/8-1.htm">Exodus 8:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-1.htm">Exodus 9:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-3.htm">Exodus 10:3</a></span><br />So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31-33</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. / Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.” / And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-12.htm">Exodus 14:12</a></span><br />Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-9.htm">Exodus 23:9</a></span><br />Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-6.htm">Deuteronomy 26:6-7</a></span><br />But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor. / So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Nehemiah 9:9-10</a></span><br />You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea. / You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6-7</a></span><br />“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. / You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-3.htm">Isaiah 14:3-4</a></span><br />On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, / you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-33.htm">Jeremiah 50:33-34</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them. / Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Go you, get you straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.</p><p class="hdg">not ought</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13,14</a></b></br> And the taskmasters hasted <i>them</i>, saying, Fulfil your works, <i>your</i> daily tasks, as when there was straw… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Able</a> <a href="/exodus/5-8.htm">Aught</a> <a href="/hosea/8-10.htm">Diminished</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/exodus/2-4.htm">Find</a> <a href="/exodus/1-13.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/genesis/47-18.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/exodus/5-8.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/genesis/47-21.htm">Reduced</a> <a href="/exodus/5-9.htm">Service</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Stems</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Straw</a> <a href="/genesis/35-3.htm">Wherever</a> <a href="/exodus/5-9.htm">Work</a> <a href="/genesis/49-2.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/7-18.htm">Able</a> <a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Aught</a> <a href="/psalms/107-39.htm">Diminished</a> <a href="/exodus/5-12.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/exodus/7-18.htm">Find</a> <a href="/exodus/20-9.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/exodus/21-2.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/job/30-19.htm">Reduced</a> <a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Service</a> <a href="/exodus/5-12.htm">Stems</a> <a href="/exodus/5-12.htm">Straw</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Wherever</a> <a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">Work</a> <a href="/exodus/7-9.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-1.htm">Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-6.htm">He increases the Israelites' task.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-16.htm">He ignores their complaints.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">They cry out to Moses and Aaron.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-22.htm">Moses complains to God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Go and get your own straw</b><br>In the context of ancient Egypt, straw was a crucial component in brick-making, providing the necessary binding material to hold the clay together. The Israelites, who were enslaved by the Egyptians, were previously provided with straw by their taskmasters. This command represents a significant increase in their labor burden, as they now had to gather their own materials. This reflects the harshness of Pharaoh's response to Moses' request to let the Israelites go, illustrating the oppressive conditions under which they labored. Theologically, this can be seen as a test of faith and endurance for the Israelites, foreshadowing their eventual deliverance by God.<p><b>wherever you can find it;</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the desperation and difficulty of the task imposed on the Israelites. It suggests a scarcity of resources and the need for the Israelites to expend additional effort and time to fulfill their quotas. This mirrors the spiritual desolation and hardship faced by God's people when they are oppressed. Theologically, it can be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual searching and striving that occurs when one is distant from God's provision.<p><b>but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”</b><br>This statement underscores the cruelty and injustice of the Egyptian taskmasters. Despite the increased difficulty in obtaining straw, the Israelites were still expected to produce the same number of bricks. This reflects the unyielding nature of sin and oppression, which demands more than it gives. In a broader biblical context, this can be seen as a type of the bondage of sin, from which only God can deliver. It also foreshadows the ultimate deliverance of the Israelites, pointing to the redemptive work of Christ, who frees believers from the bondage of sin and death.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a></b><br>Leaders chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. They had approached Pharaoh to request the release of the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who refused to let the Israelites go and increased their burdens instead.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_foremen.htm">Israelite Foremen</a></b><br>The Hebrew overseers who were responsible for ensuring the Israelite slaves met their quotas. They were caught between Pharaoh's harsh demands and the people's suffering.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved. It represents a place of bondage and oppression in the biblical account.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/straw.htm">Straw</a></b><br>A necessary component for making bricks, which the Israelites were forced to gather themselves after Pharaoh's decree.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_oppression.htm">Understanding Oppression</a></b><br>Recognize the reality of oppression and injustice in the world, as seen in the Israelites' experience. Reflect on how God calls us to respond to such situations today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Trusting in God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Despite increased burdens, the Israelites were on the brink of deliverance. Trust in God's timing and His promises, even when circumstances seem to worsen.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_disobedience.htm">The Cost of Disobedience</a></b><br>Pharaoh's hard heart led to increased suffering for the Israelites. Consider how disobedience to God can have far-reaching consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_trials.htm">Perseverance in Trials</a></b><br>The Israelites' situation teaches us about perseverance. In our own lives, we are called to endure hardships with faith, knowing that God is at work.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/freedom_in_christ.htm">Freedom in Christ</a></b><br>Reflect on the spiritual freedom offered through Jesus, contrasting it with the physical bondage of the Israelites. Embrace the liberty found in a relationship with Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_the_moses_model_lead_churches.htm">How does the Moses Model structure church leadership?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_archeological_trace_of_the_camp.htm">Given the logistical challenges of feeding and organizing such a large group, why is there no tangible archeological trace of this supposed vast encampment in the wilderness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/any_historical_precedent_for_exodus_5_8-9.htm">Exodus 5:8-9: Is there any record or historical precedent indicating such sudden changes in Egyptian labor policy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_israelites_meet_brick_quotas.htm">Exodus 5:7: How could the Israelites maintain the same brick quota without Egyptian-provided straw under harsh labor conditions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Get you straw where ye can find it</span>. Straw was not valued in Egypt. Reaping was effected either by gathering the ears, or by cutting the stalks of the corn at a short distance below the heads; and the straw was then left almost entirely upon the ground. Grass was so plentiful that it was not required for fodder, and there was no employment of it as litter in farmyards. Thus abundance of straw could be gathered in the cornfields after harvest; and as there were many harvests, some sort of straw was probably obtainable in the Delta at almost all seasons of the year. To collect it, however, and chop it small, as required in brickmaking, consumed much time, and left too little for the actual making of the bricks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/5-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Go</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכ֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and get</span><br /><span class="heb">קְח֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your own</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">straw</span><br /><span class="heb">תֶּ֔בֶן</span> <span class="translit">(te·ḇen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8401.htm">Strong's 8401: </a> </span><span class="str2">Material, refuse haum, stalks of grain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wherever</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֲשֶׁ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you can find it;</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּמְצָ֑אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(tim·ṣā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your workload</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5656.htm">Strong's 5656: </a> </span><span class="str2">Work of any kind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will in no way</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be reduced.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">נִגְרָ֛ע</span> <span class="translit">(niḡ·rā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1639.htm">Strong's 1639: </a> </span><span class="str2">To scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/5-11.htm">Exodus 5:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/5-11.htm">Exodus 5:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/5-11.htm">Exodus 5:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/5-11.htm">Exodus 5:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/5-11.htm">Exodus 5:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/5-11.htm">Exodus 5:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/5-11.htm">Exodus 5:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/5-11.htm">Exodus 5:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/5-11.htm">Exodus 5:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-11.htm">Exodus 5:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/5-11.htm">OT Law: Exodus 5:11 Go yourselves get straw where you can (Exo. 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