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Exodus Chapter 5

Overview

Exo 5:1, Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message; Exo 5:6, He increases the Israelites' task; Exo 5:15, He checks their complaints; Exo 5:19, They cry out upon Moses and Aaron; Exo 5:22, Moses complains to God.

Exodus 5:1

exo 5:1

and told: Kg1 21:20; Psa 119:46; Eze 2:6; Jon 3:3, Jon 3:4; Mat 10:18, Mat 10:28; Act 4:29

a feast: Exo 10:9; Isa 25:6; Co1 5:8

Exodus 5:2

exo 5:2

Who: Exo 3:19; Kg2 18:35; Ch2 32:15, Ch2 32:19; Job 21:15; Psa 10:4, Psa 12:4, Psa 14:1

I know not: Sa1 2:12; Joh 16:3; Rom 1:28; Th2 1:8

neither: Exo 3:19; Jer 44:16, Jer 44:17

Exodus 5:3

exo 5:3

The God: Exo 3:18

lest he: Deu 28:21; Kg2 17:25; Ch2 30:8; Ezr 7:23; Eze 6:11; Zac 14:16-19

Exodus 5:4

exo 5:4

wherefore: Jer 38:4; Amo 7:10; Luk 23:2; Act 16:20, Act 16:21, Act 24:5

let: Taphreeoo, from pard, to loose, disengage; and which we render let, from the Anglo-Saxon lettan, to hinder. Ye hinder the people from their work: "Get you unto your burdens." "Let religion alone and mind your work." The language not only of tyranny, but of thoughtless irreligion.

burdens: Exo 1:11

Exodus 5:5

exo 5:5

Exo 1:7-11; Pro 14:28

Exodus 5:6

exo 5:6

taskmasters: Nogesim, literally, exactors, oppressors. These taskmasters were Egyptians (Exo 1:11), but the officers were Hebrews. Exo 5:14. Exo 5:10, Exo 5:13, Exo 5:15, Exo 5:19, Exo 1:11; Pro 12:10

officers: Shoterim, from the Arabic saytara, to overlook, superintend, seems to denote, as musaytar in Arabic also does, overseers, superintendents. They may have been somewhat like the chiefs of trades, who are found in every city in the East; where every trade has a head, who is entrusted with authority over them, and is in some measure answerable for them to Government. Compare Exo 2:14. Num 11:16; Deu 1:15, Deu 16:18; Jos 8:33, Jos 24:1, Jos 24:4; Ch2 26:11

Exodus 5:7

exo 5:7

straw: The straw was mixed with clay, in order to make the bricks. This is expressly affirmed by Philo (vit. Mos.) who was himself a native of Alexandria, in Egypt. He says, describing the oppression of the Israelites, that some were obliged to work in clay, and others to gather straw for the formation of bricks, πλινθου γαρ αχυρα δεσμος, because straw is the binding of the brick. Philo's account is confirmed by Dr. Shaw, who says that "some of the Egyptian pyramids are made of brick, the composition whereof is only a mixture of clay, mud, and straw, slightly blended and kneaded together, and afterwards baked in the sun. The straw, which keeps the bricks together, and still preserves its original colour, seems to be a proof that these bricks were never burnt or made in kilns." The same materials are now used for building in Egypt. Mr. Baumgarten says, "The houses are for the most part of bricks that are only hardened by the heat of the sun, and mixed with straw to make them firm." Gen 24:25; Jdg 19:19

Exodus 5:8

exo 5:8

tale: Tale denotes number, from the Anglo-Saxon taellan, to number, count, etc.

ye shall lay: Psa 106:41

Exodus 5:9

exo 5:9

Let there more work be laid upon the men: Heb. Let the work be heavy upon the men

vain words: Kg2 18:20; Job 16:3; Jer 43:2; Zac 1:6; Mal 3:14; Eph 5:6

Exodus 5:10

exo 5:10

taskmasters: Exo 1:11; Pro 29:12

Exodus 5:11