Exodus 5:19-21 ▼

19 Then the foremen of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble because they were told, “You must not reduce your daily amount of bricks.”

20 When they left Pharaoh’s presence, they confronted Moses and Aaron, standing there to meet them.

21 And they said to them, “May Yahweh look upon you and judge, for you have made us a foul smell in Pharaoh’s sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”