Daily Discovery Bible Study

13 The slave drivers kept on forcing them, saying, “You still have to do the same work as you did when you had straw provided!”14 They beat the Israelite supervisors they had put in charge, shouting at them, “Why haven't you met your quota of bricks as you did before?”

15 The Israelite supervisors went to Pharaoh to complain, saying, “Why are you treating us your servants like this?16 You don't give us any straw but your slave drivers demand that we make bricks, and they beat us! Your people are treating us badly!”

17 “No, you're just lazy, lazy people!” Pharaoh replied. “That's why you keep on asking, ‘Please let us go and offer sacrifices to the Lord.’18 Now get out of here and go back to work! You won't be given any straw but you'll still have to produce the full quota of bricks!”

19 The Israelite supervisors realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce the daily production of bricks.”

Exodus 5: 13-19