Exodus 5:13-15

International Children’s Bible

¹³ The slave masters kept forcing the people to work harder. They said, “You must make just as many bricks as you did when you were given straw.” ¹⁴ The king’s slave masters had chosen the Israelite foremen. They had made them responsible for the work the people did. The Egyptian slave masters beat these men and asked them, “Why aren’t you making as many bricks as you made in the past?”

¹⁵ Then the Israelite foremen went to the king. They complained and said, “Why are you treating us, your servants, this way?