And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
 

5:8 tale of the bricks. This phrase means, literally, “measure of the bricks”–that is, the length when laid in rows, to measure the space they would occupy in a building.

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