Exodus 5:14-16

American Standard Version

¹⁴ And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, ^[a]and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?

¹⁵ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? ¹⁶ There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.