Exodus 5:16 ASV

¹⁴  And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?

¹⁵  Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

¹⁶  There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault it in thine own people.

¹⁷  But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

¹⁸  Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.