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Exodus Chapter 5 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 5:12

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
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BBE Exodus 5:12

So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.
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DARBY Exodus 5:12

And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
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KJV Exodus 5:12

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
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WBT Exodus 5:12

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of straw.
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WEB Exodus 5:12

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
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YLT Exodus 5:12

And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - The people were mattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt. The expression used is hyperbolical, and not to be understood literally. A tolerably wide dispersion over the central and eastern portions of the Delta is probably intended. Stubble instead of straw. Rather, "stubble for the straw." Teben, the word translated straw, seems to he properly "chopped straw" (stramenta minutim concisa, Cook). The Israelites, who had been accustomed to have this provided for them, gathered now long stalks of stubble in the fields, which they had subsequently to make into teben by chopping it into short bits.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Stubble instead of straw.--Heb., stubble for the straw. Reaping in Egypt was effected by cutting off the ears only from the stalks, and thus a very tall stubble was left in the fields. This appears not to have been valued by the cultivators, and whoever wished was allowed to collect it. After collecting it, and bringing it to the brick-fields in bundles, they would have to chop it small before it would be fit for use.