Bricks - Biblical Meaning of bricks in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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Bricks
the making of, formed the chief labour of the Israelites in Egypt (Ex. 1:13, 14). Those found among the ruins of Babylon and Nineveh are about a foot square and four inches thick. They were usually dried in the sun, though also sometimes in kilns (2 Sam. 12:31; Jer. 43:9; Nah. 3:14). (See NEBUCHADNEZZAR T0002684.) The bricks used in the tower of Babel were burnt bricks, cemented in the building by bitumen (Gen. 11:3). Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'bricks' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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