Exodus 5:10-14

10So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I will not give you straw.

11Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.'"

12So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

13The taskmasters were urgent, saying, "Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw."

14And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?"