The seed of cereals. Together with wine and oil, it was one of the three basic commodities in biblical times. Grain offerings were central to Israelite religion and tithes and firstfruits of grain were also given to God.

Deuteronomy 7:12-13

Grain was a basic foodstuff

See also

Deuteronomy 11:13-15; 28:49-51; 33:28
Ruth 2:14
1 Samuel 17:17; 25:18
2 Samuel 17:27-29
Nehemiah 5:1-3,10-11
Deuteronomy 25:4

Harvesting and threshing grain

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Leviticus 19:9-10
Deuteronomy 24:19
Judges 6:11
Ruth 2:2-9,15-17; 3:2
Genesis 41:47-49

Storing grain

See also

Genesis 41:33-36
2 Chronicles 32:27-28
Proverbs 11:26
Jeremiah 50:26
Joel 1:17
Luke 12:16-21
Leviticus 27:30

Tithes and firstfruits of grain

See also

Leviticus 23:9-11
Deuteronomy 12:17; 14:23; 18:1-5
2 Chronicles 31:4-5
Nehemiah 10:37-39; 13:12
Leviticus 2:1-16

The grain offering

See also

Leviticus 6:14-23; 23:15-16
Numbers 5:11-28; 15:1-12
1 Kings 8:64
2 Samuel 14:30

Barley as grain

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The cultivation of barley

Exodus 9:31
Leviticus 27:16
Deuteronomy 8:7-9
Ruth 1:22; 2:17-18,23; 3:2
2 Samuel 21:9
1 Chronicles 11:13
Job 31:38-40
Isaiah 28:24-25
Joel 1:11
Hosea 3:2

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Trade in barley

2 Kings 7:1,16-18
2 Chronicles 2:10,15-16; 27:5
Ezekiel 13:19
Revelation 6:6
Ezekiel 4:9-12

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The consumption of barley

Judges 7:13
Ruth 3:15-17
2 Samuel 17:27-29
1 Kings 4:28
2 Kings 4:42-44
Jeremiah 41:8
John 6:5-13
Ezekiel 45:13

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Offerings of barley

Numbers 5:11-15
Psalms 72:16

Other kinds of grain

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Corn

Genesis 37:7
Psalms 65:13
Hosea 14:7
Ezekiel 4:9

Millet

Isaiah 28:24-25

See also

Spelt

Exodus 9:22-32
Ezekiel 4:9
Ezekiel 27:17

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Wheat

Judges 6:11
2 Chronicles 27:5
Psalms 147:14
John 12:24
Mark 4:26-29

Allusions to grain in the teaching of Jesus Christ

See also

Matthew 13:1-9
Matthew 13:18-23

pp Mk 4:3-8

Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
Luke 12:13-21; 16:1-9; 17:35

pp Mk 4:14-20

John 12:24

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4442 firstfruits
4454 gleaning
4464 harvest
4464 harvest
4508 sickle
4522 threshing
4550 winnowing
5225 barrenness
5531 skill
5617 weights and measures, liquid
7368 grain offering
8488 tithing