Exodus 5:7-19 You shall not go on giving straw to the people to make bricks, as yesterday and the third day. They shall go and pick up straw for themselves.

LITV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ You shall not go on giving straw to the people to make bricks, as yesterday and the third day. They shall go and pick up straw for themselves. ⁸ And the fixed number of bricks which they were making yesterday and the third day you shall put on them. You shall not diminish from it. For they are idle; so they are crying, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God. ⁹ Let the bondage be heavy on the men, that they may work in it, and may not trust in the lying words. ¹⁰ And the slave-drivers of the people, and their overseers went out and spoke to the people, saying, Pharaoh has said this, I will not give you straw. ¹¹ You go take straw for yourselves from wherever you may find it. For not a thing will be reduced from your work. ¹² And the people scattered in all the land of Egypt to pick up stubble for straw. ¹³ And the slave-drivers were demanding, saying, Finish your work, the matter of a day in its day, as when there was straw. ¹⁴ And the overseers of the sons of Israel were beaten, those whom the slave-drivers of Pharaoh had put over them, saying, Why have you not finished your appointed task, to make bricks as a day ago and the day before, both yesterday and today? ¹⁵ And the overseers of the sons of Israel came in and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why do you do this way to your slaves? ¹⁶ No straw is given to your slaves, and they are saying to us, Make bricks. And, behold, your slaves are beaten, but your people are at fault. ¹⁷ And he said, You are lazy and idle. So you are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah. ¹⁸ Therefore, go now and work. And straw will not be given to you; and a certain number of bricks you shall deliver. ¹⁹ And the overseers of the sons of Israel saw themselves in affliction, saying, You shall not diminish from your bricks, the matter of a day in its day.