- Given by God Ru 1:6; Mt 6:11
- Yielded by the earth Job 28:5; Isa 55:10
- MADE OF
- Wheat Ex 29:2; Ps 81:16
- Barley Jud 7:13; Joh 6:9
- Beans, millet, &c Eze 4:9
- Manna (in the wilderness) Nu 11:8
- Corn ground for making Isa 28:28
- Was kneaded Ge 18:6; Jer 7:18; Ho 7:4
- Troughs used for kneading Ex 12:34
- Usually leavened Le 23:17; Mt 13:33
- Sometimes unleavened Ex 12:18; 1Co 5:8
- WAS FORMED INTO
- Loaves 1Sa 10:3,4; Mt 14:17
- Cakes 2Sa 6:19; 1Ki 17:13
- Wafers Ex 16:31; 29:23
- WAS BAKED
- On hearths Ge 18:6
- On coals of fire Isa 44:19; Joh 21:9
- In ovens Le 26:26; Ho 7:4-7
- Making of, a trade Ge 40:2; Jer 37:21
- Ordinary, called common bread 1Sa 21:4
- Sacred, called hallowed bread 1Sa 21:4,6
- Nutritious and strengthening Ps 104:15
- When old, dry and mouldy Jos 9:5,12
- Often put for the whole substance of man Ge 3:19; 39:6; Mt 6:11
- The principal food used by the ancients Ge 18:5; 21:14; 27:17; Jud 19:5
- Broken for use La 4:4; Mt 14:19
- Kept in baskets Ge 40:16; Ex 29:32
- Publicly sold Mt 14:15; 15:33
- In times of scarcity, sold by weight Le 26:26; Eze 4:16
- Scarceness of, sent as a punishment Ps 105:16; Isa 3:1; Eze 5:16
- Plenty of, promised to the obedient Le 26:5
- Often given as a present 1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 16:12; 1Ch 12:40
- Served round after funerals Eze 24:17-22
- With water, the food of prisons 1Ki 22:27
- Crumb of, used to wipe the fingers, thrown under the table Mt 15:27; Lu 16:21
- First fruit of, offered to God Nu 15:19,20
- Offered with sacrifices Ex 29:2,23; Nu 28:2
- Placed on table of shew bread Ex 25:30
- Multitudes miraculously fed by Christ with Mt 14:19-21; 15:34-37
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of Christ Joh 6:33-35
- (When broken,) of the death of Christ Mt 26:26; 1Co 11:23,24
- (Partaking of,) of communion of saints Ac 2:46; 1Co 10:17
- (Want of,) of extreme poverty Pr 12:9; Isa 3:7
- (Seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty 1Sa 2:36; Ps 37:25; La 1:11
- (Fulness of,) of abundance Eze 16:49
- (Eating without scarceness,) of plenty De 8:9
- (Of adversity,) of heavy affliction Isa 30:20
- (Of tears,) of sorrow Ps 80:5
- (Of deceit,) of unlawful gain Pr 20:17
- (Of wickedness,) of oppression Pr 4:17
- (Of idleness,) of sloth Pr 31:27
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