Exodus 5:6-8

6So the same day Pharaoh commanded 1the taskmasters over the people and their 2foremen, saying,

7“You are no longer to give the people straw to make bricks as previously; have them go and gather straw for themselves.

8But you shall impose on them the quota of bricks which they were making before; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are 3lazy, for that reason they cry 4out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’