Exodus 5:5-7

New International Version

⁵ Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous,^(A) and you are stopping them from working.”

⁶ That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers^(B) and overseers in charge of the people: ⁷ “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks;^(C) let them go and gather their own straw.