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4418 bread

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The basic component of the staple diet in biblical times. Consecrated bread was continually laid out in the Holy Place of the tabernacle and temple. Jesus Christ called himself the bread of life.

Bread the basic component of the diet

Matthew 6:11 pp Luke 11:3 See also Genesis 14:18; Genesis 18:3-6 Abraham entertains the three angels; Genesis 25:34; Genesis 27:17; Genesis 45:23; Deuteronomy 8:7-9; Deuteronomy 23:4; Judges 8:5-6 Gideon asks for bread for his troops; Judges 19:19; Ruth 2:14; 1 Samuel 2:36; Samuel 17:17; Samuel 21:2-3; Samuel 25:7-11 Nabal refuses bread to David's men; 1 Kings 13:7-22; Kings 17:10-16 The widow at Zarephath feeds Elijah and is rewarded; 1 Kings 19:5-6; Job 23:12; Psalm 104:14-15; Proverbs 30:8; Isaiah 33:16; Isaiah 51:14; Isaiah 55:2; Jeremiah 37:21 Jeremiah's rations in prison; Jeremiah 42:14; Lamentations 5:6; Ezekiel 4:9; Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:3-4 pp Luke 4:3-4 the temptation of Jesus Christ; Mark 6:8; 2 Corinthians 9:10

A diet consisting solely of bread was indicative of deprivation

1 Kings 22:27 pp 2 Chronicles 18:26 See also Proverbs 6:26; Lamentations 1:11; Lamentations 2:12; Lamentations 4:4

Kinds of bread

Unleavened bread

Exodus 12:39 See also Exodus 12:8,14-20; Exodus 13:3-7

Manna

Exodus 16:31-35 See also Exodus 16:4-8,11-12,14-19; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:23-25; Psalm 105:40

Gifts of bread

Genesis 45:23 See also 1 Samuel 10:3-4; Samuel 16:20; Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 6:19 pp 1 Chronicles 16:3; 2 Samuel 16:1-2; 1 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 4:42

Offerings of bread

Leviticus 7:11-14 See also Exodus 29:2,32-34; Leviticus 2:11; Leviticus 8:31-32; Leviticus 23:20; Numbers 6:17-20; Judges 6:19-21

The bread of the Presence

Leviticus 24:5-8

The table for the bread of the Presence:

Exodus 25:23-30; Exodus 35:10-13; Exodus 39:33-36; Exodus 40:22-23; Numbers 4:4-8 1 Samuel 21:1-6 David and his men eat the consecrated bread; 1 Chronicles 9:31-32; 1 C 29; 2 Chronicles 2:4; Corinthians 13:11; Nehemiah 10:32-33; Matthew 12:1-8 pp Mark 2:23-28 pp Luke 6:1-5 Jesus Christ and his disciples in the cornfields on the Sabbath; Hebrews 9:1-2

Jesus Christ as the bread of life

John 6:25-35 See also John 6:41-59

Miracles of multiplication of bread

Matthew 14:13-21 pp Mark 6:32-44 pp Luke 9:10-17 pp John 6:1-13 See also Matthew 15:32-38 pp Mark 8:1-10

The breaking of bread as a symbol of the death of Jesus Christ

Matthew 26:26-29 pp Mark 14:22-25 pp Luke 22:17-20 pp 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 See also Luke 24:28-35; Acts 2:42,46; Acts 20:6-7,11; Acts 27:35; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17