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Uses of straw

As animal bedding and fodder

Genesis 24:32 See also Genesis 24:22-25; Judges 19:16-19; 1 Kings 4:27-28; Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 65:25

In brickmaking

Exodus 5:6-7 See also Exodus 5:10-13,15-18

The lightness and fragility of straw

Job 21:18 See also Job 41:26-29; Isaiah 5:24

Straw is of little value

Isaiah 33:11 See also Isaiah 25:10; Jeremiah 23:28; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15

See also

4426  chaff
5239  bricks