Exo 5:5-9 | NASB1995 | STEP | Again Pharaoh said , “ Look , the people of the land are now many , and you would have them cease from their labors !”

Exodus 5:5-9

5 Again Pharaoh said, “Look, ^athe people of the land are now many, and you would have them cease from their labors!” 6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded ^bthe taskmasters over the people and their ^cforemen, saying, 7 “You are no longer to give the people straw to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 “But the quota of bricks which they were making previously, you shall impose on them; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are ^dlazy, therefore they cry out, ‘ ^{▼▼ Lit saying, ‘Let}Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ 9 “Let the labor be heavier on the men, and let them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words.”