Exodus 5:9-11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.’

¹⁰ So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, ‘This is what Pharaoh says:^(A) “I am not giving you straw. ¹¹ Go and get straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but there will be no reduction at all in your workload.” ’