Bible Commentary

And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, [and] demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore? 14. task ] prescribed portion (or amount): cf. Pro 30:8 (RVm.), Exo 31:15. Not as in v. 13, or as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 5:14”

And the taskmasters hasted [them], saying, Fulfill your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw. 13. your daily tasks ] Heb. the matter of a day in its day, a Heb. idiom implying a daily portion, amount, or duty. See Exo 16:4, Lev 23:37 (RV. ‘each on its own day’), 1Ki 8:59, 2Ki … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 5:13”

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 12. to gather stubble ] which might be difficult to find, except immediately after the harvest. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Stubble instead of straw – Rather, for the straw: i. e. to be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 5:12”

Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not aught of your work shall be diminished. Go ye, get ye straw, where you can find it,…. Before it was provided by the king, and brought to the brickkilns, but now they are bid to go and fetch it themselves, and get it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 5:11”

And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 10. went out ] viz. from the Pharaoh’s court. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 10 12. The ‘taskmasters’ communicate the Pharaoh’s commands to the people. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 5:10”

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard vain words. 9. Let them be fully occupied with their work, and have no time to regard ‘lying words,’ as if God had really demanded a pilgrimage of them. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 5:9”

And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish [aught] thereof: for they [be] idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go [and] sacrifice to our God. 8. tale ] that which is told or counted: an archaism for ‘number’ (= Germ. Zahl). So … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 5:8”

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Some of the most ancient buildings in Egypt were constructed of bricks not burned, but dried in the sun; they were made of clay, or more commonly of mud, mixed with straw chopped into … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 5:7”

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 6. the taskmasters ] i.e. as in Exo 3:7, the Egyptian superintendents of the labour-gangs (LXX., as there, ): so vv. 10, 13, 14. officers ] Heb. sherim: here of minor officials appointed (see v. 14) by the Egyptian superintendents … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 5:6”

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 5. the people of the land ] the common work-people; cf. Jer 52:25. They are already sufficiently numerous; and idleness will unsettle them, and make them dangerous to their masters. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 5:5”