Exodus 5:7 (ESV)ExpositionFor what is the straw?ShareInformationReading ListEnglishExodus 5:7 (ESV)7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.The Israelites were to make bricks of clay (Exodus 1:14); the clay was mixed with straw.
7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.