Exodus 5:18-20

Contemporary English Version

¹⁸ Get back to work! You won't be given straw, but you must still make the same number of bricks.”

¹⁹ The men knew they were in deep trouble when they were ordered to make the same number of bricks each day. ²⁰ After they left the king, they went to see Moses and Aaron, who had been waiting for them.