Exodus Chapter 5 - Pharaoh's New Cruelty: No Straw, Same quota

Exodus chapter 5 is read: Moses and Aaron confront Pharaoh demanding the people be freed to worship Yahweh, but Pharaoh refuses and asks, “Who is Yahweh?” He increases the Israelites’ burdens by stopping straw supplies and forcing them to meet the same brick quota, leading to harsh beatings and distress.

The people and their foremen cry out in suffering, and the foremen blame Moses and Aaron for bringing worse hardship upon them.