CHAPTER XII Bricks Without Straw
“There shall no straw be given you, yet ye shall make bricks without straw.”—Exodus 5:18
In the 5th chapter of Exodus, we have a picture of every day life, when giving a metaphysical interpretation.
The Children of Israel were in bondage to Pharaoh, the cruel taskmaster, ruler of Egypt. They were kept in slavery, making bricks, and were hated and despised.
Moses had orders from the Lord to deliver his people from bondage—“Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh—Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.”
He not only refused to let them go, but told them he would make their tasks even more difficult: they must make bricks without straw being provided ...
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