Exodus 5:15

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

Cross-references

Exodus 5:6 records Pharaoh's command to the foremen and taskmasters — here the foremen appeal to Pharaoh about that command.

Exodus 1:11 introduces the taskmasters and forced labor — the very system that leads the foremen to appeal to Pharaoh here.

Job 3:18 describes prisoners free from the taskmaster's voice—contrasting with the foremen's cries under Pharaoh's oppression.