People Ordered to Gather Their Own Straw to Make Bricks

Date: June 1, 2020
Passage: Exodus 5:10–23

Part of the work of the Hebrew slaves was to take clay and shape it into bricks. They had to mix finely cut-up straw or reeds with the clay so that it would make strong bricks. After Moses and Aaron had gone to Pharaoh asking him to let the Israelite people go, Pharaoh felt that …

IllustrationWoman Honored on The Way to The Complaint Department

Entering a department store, a little old lady was startled when a band began to play and a dignified executive pinned an orchid on her dress and handed her a crisp hundred dollar bill. She was the store’s millionth customer. Television cameras were focused on her and reporters b …

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