5:10 So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said, 1 “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I am not giving 2 you straw. 5:11 You 3 go get straw for yourselves wherever you can 4 find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’” 5:12 So the people spread out 5 through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw. 5:13 The slave masters were pressuring 6 them, saying, “Complete 7 your work for each day, just like when there was straw!” 5:14 The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, 8 “Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past – both yesterday and today?” 9