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So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
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The Reality of the Task
Commentators explain that this was not a simple substitution. The Israelites had to scatter, find leftover stubble from harvested fields, and then chop it into a usable form before even beginning to make bricks. This added an immense and exhausting layer of labor to their already difficult work.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Stubble instead of straw - Rather, for the straw: that is, to be prepared as straw. This marks the season of the year, namely, early spring,…
19th Century
Anglican
Stubble instead of straw. —Hebrew, stubble for the straw. Reaping in Egypt was effected by cutting off the ears only from…
16th Century
Protestant
So the people were scattered abroad. This circumstance proves how bitterly they were afflicted and what labor beyond their strength was im…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land ofEgyptThat part of it wh…
The Egyptian taskmasters were very severe. See what need we have to pray that we may be delivered from wicked men. The foremen justly complained to…
