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Mortar (2)
        Ge 11:3; Ex 1:14; Le 14:42,45; Isa 41:25; Eze 13:10,11,14,15; 22:28; Ne 3:14 The various compacting substances used in Oriental buildings appear to be --
        1. Bitumen, as in the Babylonian structures;
        2. Common mud or moistened clay;
        3. A very firm cement compounded of sand, ashes and lime, in the proportions respectively of 1,2,3, well pounded, sometimes mixed and sometimes coated with oil, so as to form a surface almost impenetrable to wet or the weather. In Assyrian and also Egyptian brick buildings, stubble or straw, as hair or wool among ourselves, was added to increase the tenacity.


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'mortar (2)' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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