You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out. And they spoke to the people, saying, So says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

Go and get straw where you can find it, yet not any of your work shall be taken away.

So the people were scattered through all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.

And the taskmasters hurried them, saying, Finish your works, the thing of a day, just as when there was straw.

There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make bricks! And behold, your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.

Therefore go now and work, for there shall be no straw given to you; yet you shall deliver the number of bricks.