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Brick. Genesis 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. Ezekiel 4:1. The Israelites, in common with other captives, were employed by the Egyptian monarchs in making bricks and in building. Exodus 1:14; Exodus 5:7.

Egyptian bricks were not generally dried in kilns, but in the sun. That brick-kilns were known is evident from 2 Samuel 12:31; Jeremiah 43:9. When made of the Nile mud, they required straw to prevent cracking. See Straw.