Dictionary of Bible Themes Cooking in an oven or over an open fire. Bread baked in this way was the staple diet of the population in biblical times. Bricks were also sometimes produced by baking. Leviticus 26:26Baking bread See also In ovens Exodus 8:3Leviticus 7:9; 11:35 1 Kings 19:6 See also Over open fires Isaiah 44:14-19Ezekiel 4:9-15 John 21:9 Exodus 12:39 Unleavened bread See also Genesis 19:1-3Bread was usually baked with yeast, but where there was insufficient time for kneading and proving, the raising agent was omitted. Leviticus 6:14-171 Samuel 28:24 Leviticus 2:4-10 Baking of offerings See also Leviticus 6:14-18; 7:9-10; 23:15-18; 24:5-62 Kings 4:42 Exodus 16:21-23 Baking of manna Daniel 2:32-33Baking of clay See also Genesis 11:3Daniel 2:41-43 Genesis 18:6 Bakers See also At home Leviticus 26:262 Samuel 13:6-8 Women baked at home or in communal ovens 1 Samuel 8:13See also At royal courts Genesis 40:1-22; 41:101 Chronicles 9:31 See also In the temple 1 Chronicles 23:28-29Ezekiel 46:20 Jeremiah 37:21 See also As tradesmen in towns Hosea 7:4See also 4315 clay4321 copper 4418 bread 4476 meals 4554 yeast 5240 building 5269 cornerstone 5435 ovens 5445 potters & pottery 7402 offerings |
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