Exodus 5:18

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
work	עִבְד֔וּ 'iv.Du	H5647	to work (in any sense) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
straw	וְתֶ֖בֶן ve.Te.ven	H8401	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
given	יִנָּתֵ֣ן yi.na.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
deliver	תִּתֵּֽנּוּ ti.Te.nu	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
tale	וְתֹ֥כֶן ve.To.khen	H8506	a fixed quantity · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
bricks	לְבֵנִ֖ים le.ve.Nim	H3843	a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) · noun, common masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ezekiel 18:18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even…
Daniel 2:9-13 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak befo…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:15–end

It was a great strait that the head-workmen were in, when they must either abuse those that were under them or be abused by those that were over them; yet, it should seem, rather than they would tyrannize, they would be tyrannized over; and they were so. In this evil case (Exo 5:19), observe, I. How justly they complained to Pharaoh: They came and cried unto Pharaoh, Exo 5:15. Whither should they go with a remonstrance of their grievances but to the supreme power, which is ordained for the protection of the injured? As bad as Pharaoh was his oppressed subjects had liberty to complain to him; there was no law against petitioning: it was a very modest, but moving, representation that they made…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 5:13

And the taskmasters hasted them . . . officers . . . beaten--As the nearest fields were bared and the people had to go farther for stubble, it was impossible for them to meet the demand by the usual tale of bricks. "The beating of the officers is just what might have been expected from an Eastern tyrant, especially in the valley of the Nile, as it appears from the monuments, that ancient Egypt, like modern China, was principally governed by the stick" [TAYLOR]. "The mode of beating was by the offender being laid flat on the ground and generally held by the hands and feet while the chastisement was administered" [WILKINSON]. (Deu 25:2). A picture representing the Hebrews on a brick field, exa…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 5:17

Ye are idle - therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice - It is common for those who feel unconcerned about their own souls to attribute the religious earnestness of others, who feel the importance of eternal things, to idleness or a disregard of their secular concerns. Strange that they cannot see there is a medium! He who has commanded them to be diligent in business, has also commanded them to be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. He whose diligence in business is not connected with a true religious fervor of spirit, is a lover of the world; and whatever form he may have he has not the power of godliness, and therefore is completely out of the road to salvation.

Dictionary and topics

Straw — Used in brick-making (Ex. 5:7-18). Used figuratively in Job 41:27; Isa. 11:7; 25:10; 65:25.
Tale — (1.) Heb. tokhen, “a task,” as weighed and measured out = tally, i.e., the number told off; the full number (Ex. 5:18; see 1 Sam. 18:27; 1 Chr. 9:28). In Ezek. 45:11 rendered “measure.” (2.) Heb.…
Art · .Of the brickmaker — .Of the brickmaker
Arts Of The · Brick-maker — Brick-maker
Brick · Ma — Ma
Cruelty · .Egyptians to the Israelites — .Egyptians to the Israelites
Egypt · History of Israel in: Pharaoh increases their affliction — History of Israel in: Pharaoh increases their affliction
Petition · Right of, recognized by Pharaoh — Right of, recognized by Pharaoh

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 5:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 5:13

Adam Clarke on Exodus 5:17

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Exodus 5:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 5:13

Adam Clarke on Exodus 5:17

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 5:18

John Calvin on Exodus 5:6-18

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 5:14-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 5:7

Rashi on Exodus 5:18