Exodus 5:17-19

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁷ “You’re lazy! ⌞Just plain⌟ lazy!” Pharaoh answered. “That’s why you keep saying, ‘Let us go offer sacrifices to the Lord.’ ¹⁸ Now get back to work! You won’t be given any straw, but you must still make the same number of bricks.”

¹⁹ The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “Don’t make fewer bricks each day than you’re supposed to.”