¹⁹ And the foremen of the Israelites^[a] saw they were in trouble with the saying,^[b] “You will not reduce from your bricks for each day^[c] on its day.” ²⁰ And they met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting to meet them when they were going out from Pharaoh. ²¹ And they said to them, “May Yahweh look upon you and judge because you have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants so as to put a sword into their hand to kill us.”