The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work?
Get back to your burdens!”
Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.”
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before.
Let them go and gather straw for themselves.