Exodus 5:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ Make these people work harder and ·keep them busy [^Lthey will labor on it]; then they will ·not have time to listen to the lies of Moses [^Lpay no attention to false words/reports].”

Moses Complains to God

¹⁰ So the slave masters [^Lof the people] and ·foremen [supervisors] went ·to the Israelites [^Lout] and said [^Lto the people], “This is what ·the king [^LPharaoh] says: I will no longer give you straw. ¹¹ Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it. But ·you must make as many bricks as you made before [^Lyour work will not dimish at all].”