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STUBBLE INSTEAD OF STRAW - Rather, for the straw: i. e. to be prepared
as straw. This marks the season of the year, namely, early spring,
after the barley or wheat harvest, toward the end of April. Th...
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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...
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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
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STUBBLE. Hebrew. _gash =_ reeds. Shown in Egyptian pictures on the
monuments....
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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...
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_SO THE PEOPLE WERE SCATTERED ABROAD THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT
TO GATHER STUBBLE INSTEAD OF STRAW._
So the people were scattered. It was an immense grievance to the
labourers individually, but...
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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...
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STUBBLE INSTEAD OF STRAW] RV 'stubble for straw.' The word rendered
'straw' means straw cut into short pieces and mixed with chaff. This
required little labour, if any, to make it fit for use in brick...
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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...
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STUBBLE INSTEAD OF STRAW. — Heb., _stubble for the straw._ Reaping
in Egypt was effected by cutting off the ears only from the stalks,
and thus a very tall stubble was left in the fields. This appears...
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וַ יָּ֥פֶץ הָ עָ֖ם בְּ כָל ־אֶ֣רֶץ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Straw. While some continued at the works, (Menochius) others went
about the fields to gather up every grain of chaff and piece of straw
which they could find._...
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James 5:8...
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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...
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12._So the people were scattered abroad. _This circumstance proves how
bitterly they were afflicted, and what labor beyond their strength was
imposed upon them. In order to make bricks, at least, they...
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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...
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SO THE PEOPLE WERE SCATTERED ABROAD THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF
EGYPT,.... That part of it where they dwelt:
TO GATHER STUBBLE INSTEAD OF STRAW; straw not being easy to come at,
they were obliged to g...
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So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt
to gather stubble instead of straw.
Ver. 12. _So the people were scattered._] So are most people
now-a-days busied about trash and...
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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...
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So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt
to gather stubble instead of straw. They did not even have access to
straw-stacks, but were obliged to go out into the harvested fi...
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THE PEOPLE COMPLAIN TO PHARAOH...
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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...
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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...
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10-23 The Egyptian task-masters were very severe. See what need we
have to pray that we may be delivered from wicked men. The
head-workmen justly complained to Pharaoh: but he taunted them. The
malic...
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ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT, i.e. all that part of it; which is a very usual
synecdoche....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 5:10_
THE TRUE PICTURE OF A GREAT TYRANT
In the Word of God we have many patterns of human life and moral
conduct. We have depicted the proud man in his gai...
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EXPOSITION
EXODUS 5:10-2
The command of Pharaoh gone forth—no straw was to be provided for
the Israelites, they were themselves to gather straw. The taskmasters
could not soften the edict; they could...
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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,...
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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...