Exodus 5:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ And Pharao said: The people of the land is numerous: you see that the multitude is increased: how much more if you give them rest from their works?

⁶ Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:

⁷ You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before: but let them go and gather straw.