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Brick
(Ge 11:3) The brick in use among the Jews were much larger than with us, being usually from 12 to 13 inches square and 3 1/2 inches thick; they thus possess more of the character of tiles. (Eze 4:1) The Israelites, in common with other captives, were employed by the Egyptian monarchs in making bricks and in building. (Ex 1:14; 5:7) Egyptian bricks were not generally dried in kilns, but in the sun. That brick-kilns were known is evident from (2Sa 12:31; Jer 43:9) When made of the Nile mud they required straw to prevent cracking. [See STRAW] STRAW - 4139