Exodus 5:16

¹⁴And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharaoh, were scourged, and questioned, men saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brickwork as yesterday and the third day, today also?

¹⁵And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou act thus to thy servants?

— Exodus 5:16 —

¹⁷And he said to them, Ye are idle, ye are idlers: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to our God.

¹⁸Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.