Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5227 basket Flat, open baskets to carry bread In the chief baker's dream See also Genesis 40:16-18 For offering unleavened bread Exodus 29:23 pp Leviticus 8:26 See also Exodus 29:2-3 pp Leviticus 8:1-2; Numbers 6:15-17 Baskets used to hold food To store household provisions Deuteronomy 28:5 Signifying the continued provision of food for the household. See also Deuteronomy 28:17 To collect food Matthew 14:20 pp Mark 6:43 pp Luke 9:17 pp John 6:13 See also Matthew 13:48; Matthew 15:37 pp Mark 8:8; Matthew 16:9-10 pp Mark 8:19-20 Baskets used to carry fruit Jeremiah 24:1-2 See also Deuteronomy 23:24; Psalm 81:6; Amos 8:1-2 Other uses of baskets Exodus 2:3-5 Moses is put into a papyrus basket; Deuteronomy 26:2-4 firstfruits presented in a basket; 2 Kings 10:7 the heads of Ahab's sons sent to Jehu in baskets; Zechariah 5:6-11 The wickedness of Jerusalem is removed, figuratively, to Babylon in a basket. Paul is lowered from the wall of Damascus in a basket: Acts 9:25; 2 Corinthians 11:33 See also
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