Exo 5:14-16 | ESV | STEP | And the foremen of the people of Israel , whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked , Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday , as in the past ?

a[See ver. 13 above]

Exodus 5:14-16

14 And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s ^ataskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”

15 Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you treat your servants like this? 16 No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”