Exodus 5:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before: behold we thy servants are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal.

¹⁷ And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

¹⁸ Go therefore, and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks.