Bingham Bulletin | 1930-04-24 | Page 6 | Straw Not Forbidden to Children of Israel

Straw Not Forbidden to Children of Israel Whether or not the first brickmaker lived In a past 12,000 years distant, excavations at Or of the Chaidees, tlie city of Abraham, have yielded brick tablets Inscribed with Information Informa-tion concerning a people of 6.000 years ago. If the Old Testament account ac-count Is accepted the tower of Babel was built of brick, for "they said one to another: Go to, let ns make brick and burn them thoroughly." And Holy Writ carries Ita reminder that hrkkmnklug .wns known' to the early Egyptians Down through the ages baa come allusion to bricks without straw, although the Children of Israel were not, as a matter of fact required to make bricks without that binding material t "And Pharaoh commanded the tame day the task masters of the people, and their officers, saying : "Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves." Boston Transcript m