7156. 'By saying, You shall not reduce your bricks at all' means because the introduction of falsities was not in any way diminished. This is clear from the meaning of 'not being reduced at all' as not being in any way diminished, as also above in 7129; and from the meaning of 'making bricks' as putting up with the falsities that have been introduced, dealt with in 7113, 7145.

7113. 'To make bricks' means for fabrications and falsities which are to be introduced. This is clear from the meaning of 'making bricks' as fabricating falsities, dealt with in 1296, 6669. The historical account in the sense of the letter says that the children of Israel were to make the bricks, thus it was as if they were to fabricate falsities; but the meaning in the internal sense is that those in hell who are steeped in falsities would introduce them. Since, as stated already, those falsities seem to belong to those who receive them, the sense of the letter speaks in accordance with that appearance; but its real meaning is explained by means of the internal sense. There are very many things like this in the sense of the letter, see 5094, 6400, 6948.