Exodus 5:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ So increase the work load on the people,^[a] and let them do it so they don’t pay attention to deceptive speeches.”

¹⁰ Then the taskmasters of the people and their officials went out and told the people, “This is Pharaoh’s response: ‘I’ll no longer give you any^[b] straw. ¹¹ Go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work quotas won’t be reduced at all.’”^[c]