Exodus 5:7-19
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7 “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks;(A) let them go and gather their own straw. 8 But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota.(B) They are lazy;(C) that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’(D) 9 Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”
10 Then the slave drivers(E) and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw. 11 Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced(F) at all.’” 12 So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw. 13 The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.” 14 And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed,(G) demanding, “Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”
15 Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why have you treated your servants this way? 16 Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
17 Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy!(H) That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18 Now get to work.(I) You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”
19 The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.”
2 Samuel 12:31
New International Version
31 and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking.[a] David did this to all the Ammonite(A) towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 12:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Jeremiah 43:9
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9 “While the Jews are watching, take some large stones(A) with you and bury them in clay in the brick(B) pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace(C) in Tahpanhes.
Nahum 3:14
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