Exodus 5:7-18 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make the bricks, as yesterday and the day before; they themselves shall go and gather themselves straw.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ Ye shall no more give the people straw to make the bricks, as yesterday and the day before; they themselves shall go and gather themselves straw. ⁸ And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall impose upon them, ye shall not diminish aught thereof; for they are idle: therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. ⁹ Let the work be made to lie heavily upon the men, that they may have enough to do therein; and that they may not pay attention to false words. ¹⁰ And the taskmasters of the people and its officers went out, and they said to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you any straw. ¹¹ Go ye, get yourselves straw from wherever ye can find it; yet not the least shall be taken off from your work. ¹² And the people scattered themselves abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. ¹³ And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfill your works, every day its due portion, just as when there was straw. ¹⁴ And the officers of the children of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had set over them, were beaten, as these said, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick as heretofore, both yesterday and today? ¹⁵ And the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? ¹⁶ Straw is not given unto thy servants, and, Make bricks, say they to us: and, behold, thy servants are beaten, and thy people are treated as sinners. ¹⁷ But he said, Idle are ye, idle; therefore say ye, Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord. ¹⁸ And now go, work, and straw shall not be given you; yet the required number of bricks shall ye deliver.