Exodus 5:5 WBT

³  And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

⁴  And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, hinder the people from their works; go you to your burdens.

⁵  And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

⁶  And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying,

⁷  Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.