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And Pharaoh said, Hinei, the Am HaAretz now are many, and ye make them rest from their sivlot.

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the nogesim of the people, and their foremen, saying,

Ye shall no more give HaAm straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous,(A) and you are stopping them from working.”

That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers(B) and overseers in charge of the people: “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks;(C) let them go and gather their own straw.

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