出エジプト記 5:6-7 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:6

The same day . Pharaoh lost no time. Having conceived his idea, he issued his order at once-on the very day of the interview with the two leaders. It would be well if the children of light were as "wise" and as energetic on all occasions as the children of darkness. Taskmasters and officers . The word translated "taskmaster" here is not the same as the expression similarly rendered in Exodus 1:11 ; and it is thought not to designate the same class. The sarey massim of the former... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:6-9

Rulers are not always content simply to refuse inconvenient demands. Sometimes they set to work with much ingenuity and worldly wisdom to prevent their repetition. This is especially the case where they entertain a fear of their petitioners. The Spartans removed Helots, who had earned their freedom, by the Crypteia. The massacre of St. Bartholomew was caused by the Huguenot demand for freedom of worship and the difficulty of repressing it. The Pharaoh now is not content to let things take... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:6-9

The picture of a tyrant-crafty, energetic, and unsparing. Scripture contains abundant portraitures, not only of good, but also of bad men, the Holy Spirit seeming to be as desirous of arousing our indignation against vice as our sympathy with virtue. Portraits are given us, as more effectual than precepts or general descriptions, appealing as they do to our feelings and imagination rather than to our intellect. The dramatic exhibition of a Pharaoh, an Ahab, a Sennacherib, a Judas Iscariot,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:6-14

The increase of trouble for God's people no proof of the failure of his purpose. I. THE DEMANDS OF GOD PROVOKE THE WRATH OF THE UNGODLY . The mad persistence of Pharaoh in his injustice is marked— 1 . In his haste: his commands were issued "the same day." 2 . In the severity of the decree: they should find their own straw, and yet deliver the same number of bricks. 3 . In his determination to have his commands obeyed. It is not meant to be an idle threat:... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:7

Straw to make brick . Straw was used in Egypt to bind together the clay, or mud, which was, of course, the main material of the bricks. , to raise crops of cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic ( Numbers 11:5 ), to catch fish ( ibid .), and attend public meetings ( Exodus 4:30 , Exodus 4:31 ). They had, in fact, had time which they could call their own. Now this was to be so no more. The Pharaoh, however, misrepresents and exaggerates, speaking as if their forced labours had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:7

Bricks without straw. The requirement of "bricks without straw" is not always made by a tyrannical king. All employers of labour who expect certain results without allowing sufficient time for them, and then complain that the work is scamped, are guilty of it. So is the father who expects his son to turn out a great scholar, without giving him the necessary books and the necessary instruction to make him one. So is the mistress who scolds her cook for not sending up a first-rate dinner,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 5:6

Their officers - Or scribes. Hebrews able to keep accounts in writing, appointed by the Egyptian superintendents, and responsible to them for the work; see Exodus 5:14. Subordinate officers are frequently represented on Egyptian monuments, giving in written accounts to their immediate superiors. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 5:7

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 small pieces. An immense quantity of straw must have been wanted for the works on which the Israelites were engaged, and their labors must have been more than doubled by this requisition. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 5:5-6

Exodus 5:5-6. The people are many Therefore your injury to me is greater, in attempting to make them rest from their labours. The task- masters Were Egyptians; the officers Were Israelites employed under them, who, as appears from Exodus 5:14, were some of the heads of the people, obliged, under the penalty of punishment, to take care that a certain number of bricks were furnished by them daily. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 5:7

Exodus 5:7. Straw To mix with the clay. Shaw tells us in his Travels, (p. 136,) that “the composition of bricks in Egypt was only a mixture of clay, mud, and straw, slightly blended and kneaded together, and afterward baked in the sun. Paleis cohærent lateres, says Philo in his Life of Moses. The straw which keeps these bricks together in Egypt, and still preserves its original colour, seems to be a proof that these bricks were never burned nor made in kilns.” The straw therefore, was... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:6-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 5:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 5:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 5:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 5:5-6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 5:7

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