Exodus 5:7

7“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Exodus 5:12

12So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

1 Kings 17:10

10So he arose and went to aZarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there bgathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”
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