Exodus 5:9-11

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⁹ Let heavier work be laid on them; then they will pay attention to^[a] it and not to deceptive words.”

¹⁰ So the taskmasters and the supervisors of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you straw.^{(A) 11} Go and get straw yourselves, wherever you can find it, but your work will not be lessened in the least.”