Exodus 5:17
Pharaoh Refuses to Let the Israelites Go
Exodus 5:17

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
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Exodus 5:16
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
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Exodus 5:18
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.