Bread

• Given by God Ruth 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 Judg. 7:13; Jn. 6:9
  • Beans, millet, &c Ezek. 4:9
  • Manna (in the wilderness) Num. 11:8
• Corn ground for making Isa. 28:28
• Was kneaded Gen. 18:6; Jer. 7:18; Hos. 7:4
• Troughs used for kneading Ex. 12:34
• Usually leavened Lev. 23:17; Mt. 13:33
• Sometimes unleavened Ex. 12:18; 1 Cor. 5:8
• WAS FORMED INTO
  • Loaves 1 Sam. 10:3,4; Mt. 14:17
  • Cakes 2 Sam. 6:19; 1 Ki. 17:13
  • Wafers Ex. 16:31, 29:23
• WAS BAKED
  • On hearths Gen. 18:6
  • On coals of fire Isa. 44:19; Jn. 21:9
  • In ovens Lev. 26:26; Hos. 7:4-7
• Making of, a trade Gen. 40:2; Jer. 37:21
• Ordinary, called common bread 1 Sam. 21:4
• Sacred, called hallowed bread 1 Sam. 21:4, 6
• Nutritious and strengthening Ps. 104:15
• When old, dry and mouldy Josh. 9:5, 12
• Often put for the whole sustenance of man Gen. 3:19, 39:6; Mt. 6:11
• The principal food used by the ancients Gen. 18:5, 21:14, 27:17; Judg. 19:5
• Broken for use Lam. 4:4; Mt. 14:19
• Kept in baskets Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:32
• Publicly sold Mt. 14:15, 15:33
• In times of scarcity, sold by weight Lev. 26:26; Ezek. 4:16
• Scarceness of, sent as a punishment Ps. 105:16; Isa. 3:1; Ezek. 5:16
• Plenty of, promised to the obedient Lev. 26:5
• Often given as a present 1 Sam. 25:18; 2 Sam. 16:2; 1 Chr. 12:40
• Served round after funerals Ezek. 24:17-22
• With water, the food of prisons 1 Ki. 22:27
• Crumb of, used to wipe the fingers, thrown under the table Mt. 15:27; Lk. 16:21
• First fruit of, offered to God Num. 15:19,20
• Offered with sacrifices Ex. 29:2, 23; Num. 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 Jn. 6:33-35
  • (When broken,) of the death of Christ Mt. 26:26; 1 Cor. 11:23,24
  • (Partaking of,) of communion of saints Acts 2:46; 1 Cor. 10:17
  • (Want of,) of extreme poverty Pr. 12:9; Isa. 3:7
  • (Seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty 1 Sam. 2:36; Ps. 37:25; Lam. 1:11
  • (Fulness of,) of abundance Ezek. 16:49
  • (Eating without scarceness,) of plenty Dt. 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