Exodus 5:8-10

New American Standard Bible

⁸ But you shall impose on them the quota of bricks which they were making before; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are ^(A)lazy, for that reason they cry ^[a]out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ ⁹ Let the labor be heavier on the men, and have them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words.”

¹⁰ So ^(B)the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am not going to give you any straw.