Exodus 5:12-14

English Standard Version

¹² So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. ¹³ The ^(A)taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.” ¹⁴ And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's ^(B)taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”