Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 5:8

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.

Ver. 8. For they be idle.] I heard a great man once say, saith Luther, Necesse est otiosos esse homilies qui ista negotia religionis curant. They must needs be idle fellows that are so much taken up about the business of religion. See Trapp on " Exo 5:4 "

Continues after advertising

See also Exodus 5:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 5:8. _AND THE TALE OF THE BRICKS_] _Tale_ signifies the _number,_ from the Anglo-Saxon [Anglo-Saxon], to _number_, to count, c. _FOR THEY BE IDLE THEREFORE THEY CRY - LET US GO AND SACR...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. MOSES AND AARON IN EGYPT Chapter S 4:29-5:23 Before the Elders and Before Pharaoh _ 1. Before the elders of Israel (Exodus 4:29)_ 2. Before Pharaoh, and his answer (Exodus 5:1) 3. The increased...

  • 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 sto

  • 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 Onkelos,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 5 And afterward Mo-ses and Aar-on came, and said unto Pha-raoh, Thus saith Je-ho-vah, the God of Is-ra-el, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wi...

  • 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 OUR G...

  • 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; THE LORD GOD OF...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TALE] i.e. the number, as in 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Chronicles 9:28. To 'tell' in Old English means to count, and is used in this sense in Genesis 15:5;...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 5 MOSES AND AARON VISIT *PHARAOH – VERSES 1-5 V1 Afterwards Moses an...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אֶת ־מַתְכֹּ֨נֶת הַ לְּבֵנִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵם

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER V. _ PHARAOH REFUSES._ Exodus 5:1. 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 rod of a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE REQUEST TO WORSHIP JEHOVAH ANSWERED BY OPPRESSION Exodus 5:1 The bondage of Israel in Egypt is an apt type of our bondage to sin. See John 8:34; Romans 7:23. The weary tyranny of our besetting si...

  • 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 to...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Idle. Thus the impious speak of those who consecrate any part of their time to the service of God: and thus Protestants often condemn the holy-days prescribed by the Catholic Church!_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This complaint of the idleness of the Israelites was false. See Exodus 1:11....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 and...

  • 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._...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their message. 5 Hee encreaseth the Israelites taske. 15 Hee checketh their complaints. 19 They cry out vpon Moses and Aaron. 22 Moses complaineth to God. 1...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the tale of the bricks which they did make heretofore ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof, the Israelites were to make and to deliver to the Egyptian overseers the same num...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TASKMASTERS INSTRUCTED TO BURDEN THE PEOPLE...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    D. MOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOH. THE SEEMINGLY MISCHIEVOUAS EFFECT OF THEIR DIVINE MESSAGE, AND THE DISCOURAGMENT OF THE PEOPLE AND THE MESSENGERS THEMSELVES. GOD REVERSES THIS EFFECT NU SOLEMNLY PR...

  • Leslie 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 go, t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 God will own his people, though poor and despised, and will find a time to plead their cause. Pharaoh treated all he had heard with contempt. He had no knowledge of Jehovah, no fear of him, no lo...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The effect of the first appeal to Pharaoh seemed ought but encouraging. The thought of losing Israel made him clutch them with greater eagerness and watch them with greater vigilance. Whenever Satan's...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 5:8 lay H7760 (H8799) quota H4971 bricks H3843 made H6213 (H8802) before H8032 H8543 reduce...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PHARAOH'S VINDICTIVE RESPONSE TO THEIR APPROACH (EXODUS 5:5). a Pharaoh says, the people of the land are many and you make them rest from their burdens (Exodus 5:5). b Pharaoh commands officers and...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Moses' first contest with Pharaoh. CHARACTERS: Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh, taskmasters. CONCLUSION: God, in coming toward His people in mercy may sometimes employ strange methods so that people...

  • 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 city, and e...

  • 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 Israelite...

  • The 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 the prim...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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. This is esp...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told the Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    tale. ye shall lay. Psalms 106:41...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN PHARAOH AND GOD Exodus 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The concluding verses of chapter 4, which link our last message with this one, are most interesting. It would hardly do to pass...

  • 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....

Continues after advertising