Exodus 5:9-11

9Let labor be heavier on the men, and let them work [hard] at it so that they will pay no attention to [their God’s] lying words.”

10Then the [Egyptian] taskmasters [in charge] of the people and their [Hebrew] foremen went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you any straw.

11Go, get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work [quota] will not be reduced in the least.’ ”