And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, "Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
Exodus 5:8
Surrounding context
5:7 "You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
5:8 And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, "Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
5:9 Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words."