Exodus 5:15-17

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁵ Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your slaves? ¹⁶ There is no straw given to your slaves, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your slaves are being beaten; but it is the ^[a]sin of your own people.” ¹⁷ But he said, “You are ^(A)lazy—lazy! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.’