9. let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.'
10. And the exactors of the people, and its authorities, go out, and speak unto the people, saying, `Thus said Pharaoh, I do not give you straw,
11. ye--go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find [it], for there is nothing of your service diminished.'
12. And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,