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

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

^{19 Ref} And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, `your' daily tasks.

²⁰ And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

^{21 Ref} and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.