Shemot 5:11-13

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹¹ Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it; yet not ought of your avodah shall be diminished.

¹² So HaAm were scattered abroad throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim to gather stubble instead of straw.

¹³ And the nogesim pressed them, saying, Fulfil your ma’asim, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.