¹⁴ And they ^(A)made their lives bitter with hard bondage—^(B)in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.

Moses Flees to Midian^(A)

¹¹ Now it came to pass in those days, ^(B)when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

⁴ Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your ^(A)labor.” ⁵ And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are ^(B)many now, and you make them rest from their labor!”

⁶ So the same day Pharaoh commanded the ^(C)taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, ⁷ “You shall no longer give the people straw to make ^(D)brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. ⁸ And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ ⁹ Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.”

⁶ Therefore say to the children of Israel: ^(A)‘I am the Lord; ^(B)I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will ^(C)rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with ^[a]an outstretched arm and with great judgments.