Exodus 5:6-8

Living Bible

⁶ That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the taskmasters and officers he had set over the people of Israel: ^7-8 “Don’t give the people any more straw for making bricks! However, don’t reduce their production quotas by a single brick, for they obviously don’t have enough to do or else they wouldn’t be talking about going out into the wilderness and sacrificing to their God.