Exodus 5:6-8

21st Century King James Version

⁶ And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

⁷ “Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

⁸ And the tally of bricks which they made heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish any thereof. For they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’