Discovery BoxExodus 5:7 
Context5:7 “You must no longer 1 give straw to the people for making bricks 2 as before. 3 Let them go 4 and collect straw for themselves.
Exodus 18:26
Context18:26 They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring 5 to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.
Exodus 32:31
Context32:31 So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Alas, this people has committed a very serious sin, 6 and they have made for themselves gods of gold.
1 tn The construction is a verbal hendiadys: לֹא תֹאסִפוּן לָתֵת (lo’ to’sifun latet, “you must not add to give”). The imperfect tense acts adverbially, and the infinitive becomes the main verb of the clause: “you must no longer give.”
2 tn The expression “for making bricks” is made of the infinitive construct followed by its cognate accusative: לִלְבֹּן הַלְּבֵנִים (lilbon hallÿvenim).
3 tn Heb “as yesterday and three days ago” or “as yesterday and before that.” This is idiomatic for “as previously” or “as in the past.”
4 tn The jussive יֵלְכוּ (yelÿkhu) and its following sequential verb would have the force of decree and not permission or advice. He is telling them to go and find straw or stubble for the bricks.
5 tn This verb and the verb in the next clause are imperfect tenses. In the past tense narrative of the verse they must be customary, describing continuous action in past time.
6 tn As before, the cognate accusative is used; it would literally be “this people has sinned a great sin.”
