TOPICAL BIBLE
Brick
21 references in this topic.
Genesis 11:3And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.Exodus 1:14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.Exodus 5:7“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.Exodus 5:8But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’Exodus 5:9Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”Exodus 5:10So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.Exodus 5:11Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”Exodus 5:12So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.Exodus 5:13The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”Exodus 5:14Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”Exodus 5:15So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?Exodus 5:16No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”Exodus 5:17“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’Exodus 5:18Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”Exodus 5:19The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”2 Samuel 12:31David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.Isaiah 9:10“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”Isaiah 65:3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,Jeremiah 43:9“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.Nahum 3:14Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!
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