9. Let there more avodah be laid upon the anashim, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard divrei sheker.
10. And the nogesim of HaAm went out, and their foremen; they spoke to HaAm, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
11. Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it; yet not ought of your avodah shall be diminished.
12. So HaAm were scattered abroad throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim to gather stubble instead of straw.
13. And the nogesim pressed them, saying, Fulfil your ma'asim, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14. And the foremen of the Bnei Yisroel, which Pharaoh's nogesim had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore?
15. Then the foremen of the Bnei Yisroel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy avadim?