Exodus 5:5-7

Darby Translation

⁵ And Pharaoh said, Behold the people of the land are now many, and ye wish to make them rest from their burdens.

⁶ And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

⁷ Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.