4 And the king of Egypt said, “Why, Moses and Aaron, do you take the people from their work? Go to your forced labor!”
5 And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now many, and you want to stop them from their forced labor.”
6 And on that day Pharaoh commanded the slave drivers over the people and his foremen, saying,
7 “You must no longer give straw to the people to make the bricks like before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8 But the quota of the bricks that they were making before you must require of them. You must not reduce from it, because they are lazy. Therefore they are crying out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
9 Let the work be heavier on the men so that they will do it and not pay attention to words of deception.”
10 And the slave drivers of the people and their foremen went out, and they spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I am not giving you straw.