EXODUS 5

ISRAELITES REQUIRED TO MAKE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW

Moses and Aaron go before Pharaoh and plead for him to free the Israelites, but Pharoah does not listen. Aaron and Moses ask to go on a three-day journey to make a sacrifice to God, but Pharoah does not let them and is angered by their request.

Pharaoh then makes the conditions even worse for the Israelites. He requires them to make the same number of bricks they have been making each day, but takes away the straw and materials they need to make them. 

Moses asks God, “Why did you send me here when things are only getting worse?”