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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:7

Straw to make brick] The bricks were made of Nile mud to which chopped straw was added to give it consistency. They were sometimes stamped with the name of the reigning king. Some have been found bearing the name of Rameses II, the father of Merenptah, and wooden stamps and moulds have also been discovered.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 5:7. _STRAW TO MAKE BRICK_] There have been many conjectures concerning the use of straw in making bricks. Some suppose it was used merely for burning them, but this is unfounded. The ea...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Some of the most ancient buildings in Egypt were constructed of bricks not burned, but dried in the sun; they were made of clay, or more commonly of mud, mixed with straw chopped into small pieces. An...

  • 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

    STRAW. _Tebn_, an Egyptian word for chaff, or chopped straw; not our Eng. stubble....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    STRAW TO MAKE BRICK— The straw was mixed with clay and mud: "The composition of bricks in Egypt," Dr. Shaw tells us, "was only a mixture of clay, mud, and _straw,_ slightly blended and kneaded togethe...

  • 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

    _YE SHALL NO MORE GIVE THE PEOPLE STRAW TO MAKE BRICK, AS HERETOFORE: LET THEM GO AND GATHER STRAW FOR THEMSELVES._ Ye shall no more give the people straw. The making of bricks appears to have been a...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    STRAW TO MAKE BRICK. — “The use of crude brick was general in Egypt for dwelling-houses, tombs, and ordinary buildings, the walls of towns, fortresses, and the sacred enclosures of temples, and for al...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לֹ֣א תֹאסִפ֞וּן לָ תֵ֨ת תֶּ֧בֶן לָ †...

  • 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

    _Straw, beaten small and mixed with clay, to make brick and mortar. See Ezechiel xiii. 11, 15; Chardin, Perse ii. p. 76._...

  • 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

    YE SHALL NO MORE GIVE THE PEOPLE STRAW TO MAKE BRICK,.... Whether this was given and used to mix with the clay, as is done in some places h, that the bricks made thereof might be firmer and stronger,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Ver. 7. _Ye shall no more give the people straw._] _Speculum tyrannidis semper augesc...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Straw_ To mix with the clay. Shaw tells us in his _Travels_, (p. 136,) that “the composition of bricks in Egypt was only a mixture of clay, mud, and straw, slightly blended and kneaded together, and...

  • 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

    Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore, chopped straw being used for binding the clay in the bricks before they were dried in the sun; LET THEM GO AND GATHER STRAW FOR THE...

  • 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

    The straw was used either to mingle with the clay, that it might not be too brittle; or to cover the clay when it was formed into bricks, that the heat of the sun might not dry them too much, which mi...

  • 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 5:7 longer H3254 (H8686) give H5414 (H8800) people H5971 straw H8401 make H3835 (H8800) brick...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS 5:1 Moses and Aaron: Initial Request. This section describes Moses’ and Aaron’s initial audience and request before Pharaoh (Exodus 5:1) and the Lord’s promises and encouragement in light of Ph...

  • 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

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  • 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

    Straw — To mix with the clay, or to burn the brick with....

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