Exodus 5:12-14

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹² So the people were scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather the short stubble instead of straw.

¹³ And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Finish your work, your daily quotas, as when there was straw.

¹⁴ And the Hebrew foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, Why have you not fulfilled all your quota of making bricks yesterday and today, as before?