Encyclopedia entry

Straw

Used in brick-making (Ex. 5:7-18). Used figuratively in Job 41:27; Isa. 11:7; 25:10; 65:25.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

Both wheat and barley straw were used by the ancient Hebrews chiefly as fodder for the horses cattle and camels. (Genesis 24:25; 1 Kings 4:28; Isaiah 11:7; 66:25) There is no intimation that straw was used for litter. It was employed by the Egyptians for making bricks, (Exodus 5:7,16) being chopped up and mixed with the clay to make them more compact and to prevent their cracking. [See Brick] The ancient Egyptians reaped their corn close to the ear, and afterward cut the straw close to the ground and laid it by. This was the straw that Pharaoh refused to give to the Israelites who were therefore compelled to gather “stubble” instead—a matter of considerable difficulty, seeing that the straw itself had been cut off near to the ground.

In the Bible

Verses where Straw is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

1 Corinthians 3:12
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
1 Kings 4:28
Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
Exodus 5:7
“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
Exodus 5:10
So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.
Exodus 5:11
Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
Exodus 5:12
So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

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Scripture on Straw

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Straw references

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Voices on Straw

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