Exodus 5:11-13

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹¹ Go and get straw yourselves, wherever you can find it; but your work will not be lessened in the least.”’ ¹² So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw. ¹³ The taskmasters were urgent, saying, ‘Complete your work, the same daily assignment as when you were given straw.’