Exodus 5:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ ·There are very many Hebrews [^LThey are more numerous than the people of the land], and now you want them to quit working!”

⁶ That same day ·the king [^LPharaoh] gave a command to the slave masters and ·foremen [supervisors]. ⁷ He said, “Don’t give the people straw to make bricks as you used to do. Let them gather their own straw.