9 occurrences

'Bricks' in the Bible

They told each other, "Come on! Let's burn bricks thoroughly." They used bricks for stone and tar for mortar.

Verse ConceptsBricksequipping, physicalBakingBuilding

making their lives bitter through hard labor with mortar, bricks, and all kinds of outdoor labor. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.

Verse ConceptsBricksOppression, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of PeopleBitternessSuccess And Hard Work

"You're no longer to give the people straw for making bricks, as in the past. They must gather straw for themselves.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types of

But you're to impose the previous quota of bricks that they're making. You're not to reduce it! It is because they're lazy that they're crying out, "Let's go offer sacrifices to our God.'

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfNumbers ReducingNo Reduction

The Israeli supervisors whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had appointed over them were beaten and told, "Why didn't you, both yesterday and today, fulfill your quota for making bricks as before?"

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesFloggingIncomplete Works

No straw is being given to us, yet they're saying to us, "Make bricks!' Look, we are being beaten. It's wrong how you are treating your people!"

Verse ConceptsWronging Other People

Now, go! Get to work! And straw won't be given to you, but you are to deliver the same number of bricks!"

The Israeli supervisors realized they were in trouble when he said, "You won't reduce each day's quota of bricks!"

Verse ConceptsNo ReductionTroubling Groups Of People

"The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamore trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.'

Verse ConceptsBricksHousesMasonsProperty, HousesStonesSycamoresFortsStone ItemsCedar WoodThings ImprovedChristmas Treerebuilding

Bible Theasaurus

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.