Exodus 5:7
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You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before; but let them go and gather straw.

straw.

Context
Bricks and Straw
6Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the task-masters of the people, saying: 7You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before; but let them go and gather straw.8And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before; neither shall you diminish any thing thereof, for they are idle, and therefore they cry. saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.…
Cross References
Genesis 11:3
And each one said to his neighbour: Come let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar:

Exodus 5:6
Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the task-masters of the people, saying:

Exodus 5:8
And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before; neither shall you diminish any thing thereof, for they are idle, and therefore they cry. saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Lexicon
“You shall no
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

longer
תֹאסִפ֞וּן (ṯō·si·p̄ūn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

supply
לָתֵ֨ת (lā·ṯêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

the people
לָעָ֛ם (lā·‘ām)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

with straw
תֶּ֧בֶן (te·ḇen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8401: Material, refuse haum, stalks of grain

for making
לִלְבֹּ֥ן (lil·bōn)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3835: To be, white, to make bricks

bricks.
הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים (hal·lə·ḇê·nîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3843: Brick, tile

They
הֵ֚ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

must go
יֵֽלְכ֔וּ (yê·lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

and gather
וְקֹשְׁשׁ֥וּ (wə·qō·šə·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7197: To forage for, straw, stubble, wood, to assemble

their own
לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

straw.
תֶּֽבֶן׃ (te·ḇen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8401: Material, refuse haum, stalks of grain


Additional Translations
“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.You 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 to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Ye shall no longer give straw to the people for brick-making as yesterday and the third day; but let them go themselves, and collect straw for themselves.

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 to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

"You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

'Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore -- they go and have gathered straw for themselves;
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