Exodus 5:5-9 Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people in the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”

ISV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people in the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”
⁶ Pharaoh Increases the Israelis’ WorkThat day Pharaoh ordered the taskmasters of the people and their officials, ⁷ “You’re no longer to give the people straw for making bricks, as in the past. They must gather straw for themselves. ⁸ But you’re to impose the previous quota of bricks that they’re making. You’re not to reduce it! It is because they’re lazy that they’re crying out, ‘Let’s go offer sacrifices to our God.’ ⁹ So increase the work load on the people, and let them do it so they don’t pay attention to deceptive speeches.”