Dictionary of Bible Themes A raising agent commonly used in bread. Bread that was required quickly was baked without yeast, as at the first Passover, commemorated annually in the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Although some non-meat offerings contained yeast, it could not be burned on the altar. Exodus 12:39Unleavened bread was made without yeast See also Genesis 19:3Exodus 12:8-11,34 Judges 6:17-19 1 Samuel 28:24-25 Exodus 12:14-15 The consumption of yeast was prohibited during the Feast of Unleavened Bread See also Exodus 12:17-20; 13:3,6-7; 23:15,18; 34:18Leviticus 23:6 Numbers 28:17 Deuteronomy 16:1-4 Ezekiel 45:21 Leviticus 2:11 Sacrifices burned on the altar were not to contain yeast See also Exodus 29:1-3,22-24; 34:25Leviticus 2:4-5; 6:16-17; 7:12-13; 8:2-3,26; 10:12 Numbers 6:14-15,19 Leviticus 23:17 Some offerings contained yeast Matthew 13:33Yeast as an image of the kingdom of God pp Lk 13:20-21 1 Corinthians 5:6-8Metaphorical references to yeast as something evil See also Matthew 16:5-12Luke 12:1-3 Galatians 5:2-12 pp Mk 8:14-21 See also 2375 kingdom of God4418 bread 4434 drinking 5345 influence 7361 Feast of Weeks 7402 offerings |
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