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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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The making of, formed the chief labour of the Israelites in Egypt (Exodus 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 Samuel 12:31; Jeremiah 43:9; Nahum 3:14 ). (See NEBUCHADNEZZAR .)

The bricks used in the tower of Babel were burnt bricks, cemented in the building by bitumen ( Genesis 11:3 ).

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Bricks'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​b/bricks.html. 1897.
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