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Exodus 5:19
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
ἑώρων δὲ οἱ γραμματεῖς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἑαυτοὺς ἐν κακοῖς λέγοντες οὐκ ἀπολείψετε τῆς πλινθίας τὸ καθῆκον τῇ ἡμέρᾳ.
The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”