Exodus 5:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸ But you must demand that they make the same number of bricks as before, without any reduction. They are lazy. That is why they are protesting, ‘We wish to leave, we must sacrifice to our God.’ ⁹ Let more work be laid upon them so that they keep busy and not pay attention to lies.”

¹⁰ The taskmasters of the people and the overseers went out and spoke to the people: “Pharaoh has ordered, ‘I will not give you straw.