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| In ] 5 (] in the ]), after ] and ] meet with ] and deliver ]'s message, "]", Pharoah not only refuses but punishes the ]s by telling his ]s, "Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves", but still requiring the same daily output of bricks as before. The Israelites complain to Moses and Aaron that they have now made things worse for them, and Moses in turn complains to God that every time he has gone to Pharoah on behalf of the Israelites, things have gotten worse for them. | In ] 5 (] in the ]), after ] and ] meet with ] and deliver ]'s message, "]", Pharoah not only refuses but punishes the ]s by telling his ]s, "Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves", but still requiring the same daily output of bricks as before. The Israelites complain to Moses and Aaron that they have now made things worse for them, and Moses in turn complains to God that every time he has gone to Pharoah on behalf of the Israelites, things have gotten worse for them. | ||
| In popular parlance, the phrase '''bricks without straw'' has come to mean being required to do a task without the appropriate prerequisites. | In popular parlance, the phrase '''bricks without straw''' has come to mean being required to do a task without the appropriate prerequisites. | ||
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In Exodus 5 (Parshat Shemot in the Torah), after Moses and Aaron meet with Pharoah and deliver God's message, "Let my people go", Pharoah not only refuses but punishes the Israelites by telling his overseers, "Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves", but still requiring the same daily output of bricks as before. The Israelites complain to Moses and Aaron that they have now made things worse for them, and Moses in turn complains to God that every time he has gone to Pharoah on behalf of the Israelites, things have gotten worse for them.
In popular parlance, the phrase bricks without straw has come to mean being required to do a task without the appropriate prerequisites.
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