Exodus:5:6-8
kjv@Exodus:5:6 @ And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
kjv@Exodus:5:7 @ Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
kjv@Exodus:5:8 @ And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.