Exodus 5:17-19

Living Bible

¹⁷ But Pharaoh replied, “You don’t have enough work, or else you wouldn’t be saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.’ ¹⁸ Get back to work. No straw will be given you, and you must deliver the regular quota of bricks.”

¹⁹ Then the foremen saw that they were indeed in a bad situation.