The Gathering of Clay

The people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble for use for straw. The slave drivers kept pressing them saying complete the work required for you for each day, just as when you had straw and Pharaoh's slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers. In some ways they really are at the bottom of the world gathering all this residue, gathering all this stuff that's unformed,. That's their job and they're trying to bring it together in order to become in some ways the support for Pharaoh's authority and Pharaoh's kingdom.

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