4Then saide the kyng of Egypt vnto them: wherfore do ye, Moyses and Aaron let the people from their workes? get you vnto your burthens.
5And Pharao sayde furthermore: beholde, there is much people nowe in the lande, and you make them leaue theyr burthens.
6And Pharao comaunded the same day, ye taskmaisters which were amongest the people and the officers, saying:
7Ye shall geue the people no more strawe to make brycke withal, as ye did in tyme passed: let them go and gather them strawe them selues.
8And the number of bricke which they were wont to make in tyme passed, lay vnto their charges also, and minishe nothing therof: for they be idell, and therfore crye, saying: we wyll go, and do sacrifice vnto our God.
9They must haue more worke layed vpon them, that they may labour therin, and not regarde vayne wordes.
10Then went the taskemaisters of the people, and the officers out, and tolde the people, saying: Thus sayeth Pharao, I wyll geue you no more strawe.
11Go your selues and gather you straw where ye can finde it: yet shall none of your labour be minished.
12And so were the people scattered abrode throughout all ye land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.
13And the taskemaisters hasted them forwarde, saying: fulfyll your worke, your dayly taskes in their due tyme, as if you had strawe.