Exodus 5:16-21 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and yet they say unto us, 'make brick.' And lo, thy servants are beaten, and thy people is foul intreated."

MSTC⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ There is no straw given unto thy servants, and yet they say unto us, 'make brick.' And lo, thy servants are beaten, and thy people is foul intreated." ¹⁷ And he answered, "Idle are ye idle, and therefore ye say, 'Let us go and do sacrifice unto the LORD.' ¹⁸ Go therefore and work, for there shall no straw be given you, and yet see that ye deliver the whole tale of brick." ¹⁹ When the officers of the children of Israel saw themself in shrewd case — in that he said, 'ye shall minish nothing of your daily making of brick' - ²⁰ then they met Moses and Aaron standing in their way as they came out from Pharaoh, ²¹ and said unto them, "The LORD look unto you and judge! For ye have made the savour of us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and of his servants, and have put a sword into their hands to slay us."