8. But still make sure that they produce the same number of bricks as they made before. Don’t reduce the number! They are weak and lazy, and that’s why they cry, ‘Let’s go and offer sacrifices to our God.’
9. Make the men’s work so hard that it’s all they can do, and they can’t focus on these empty lies."
10. So the people’s slave masters and supervisors came out and spoke to the people, "This is what Pharaoh says, ‘I’m not giving you straw anymore.
11. Go and get the straw on your own, wherever you can find it. But your work won’t be reduced at all.’"