Exodus 5:12
King James Version
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
Exodus 5:12 in context
10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14And 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 to day, as heretofore?
The Book of Exodus — summary, themes & key verses
Rescue and covenant — God delivers his people from slavery and makes them his own.
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