Exodus 5:6-9 ▼

6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,

7 “You are no longer to give the people straw to make bricks as previously; have them go and gather straw for themselves.

8 But you shall impose on them the quota of bricks which they were making before; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are lazy, for that reason they cry out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

9 Let the labor be heavier on the men, and have them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words.”