Dictionary of Bible Themes: 4456 grain

4456 grain

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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.

Grain was a basic foodstuff

Deuteronomy 7:12-13 See also Deuteronomy 11:13-15; Deuteronomy 28:49-51; Deuteronomy 33:28; Ruth 2:14; 1 Samuel 17:17; Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 17:27-29; Nehemiah 5:1-3,10-11

Harvesting and threshing grain

Deuteronomy 25:4 See also Leviticus 19:9-10; Deuteronomy 24:19; Judges 6:11; Ruth 2:2-9,15-17; Ruth 3:2

Storing grain

Genesis 41:47-49 See also Genesis 41:33-36; 2 Chronicles 32:27-28; Proverbs 11:26; Jeremiah 50:26; Joel 1:17; Luke 12:16-21

Tithes and firstfruits of grain

Leviticus 27:30 See also Leviticus 23:9-11; Deuteronomy 12:17; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 18:1-5; 2 Chronicles 31:4-5; Nehemiah 10:37-39; Nehemiah 13:12

The grain offering

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

Barley as grain

The cultivation of barley

2 Samuel 14:30 See also Exodus 9:31; Leviticus 27:16; Deuteronomy 8:7-9; Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:17-18,23; Ruth 3:2; 2 Samuel 21:9; 1 Chronicles 11:13; Job 31:38-40; Isaiah 28:24-25; Joel 1:11

Trade in barley

Hosea 3:2 See also 2 Kings 7:1,16-18; 2 Chronicles 2:10,15-16; 2 C 5; Ezekiel 13:19; Revelation 6:6

The consumption of barley

Ezekiel 4:9-12 See also 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

Offerings of barley

Ezekiel 45:13 See also Numbers 5:11-15

Other kinds of grain

Corn

Psalm 72:16 See also Genesis 37:7; Psalm 65:13; Hosea 14:7

Millet

Ezekiel 4:9

Spelt

Isaiah 28:24-25 See also Exodus 9:22-32; Ezekiel 4:9

Wheat

Ezekiel 27:17 See also Judges 6:11; 2 Chronicles 27:5; Psalm 147:14; John 12:24

Allusions to grain in the teaching of Jesus Christ

Mark 4:26-29 See also Matthew 13:1-9 pp Mark 4:3-8; Matthew 13:18-23 pp Mark 4:14-20; Matthew 13:24-30,36-43; Luke 12:13-21; Luke 16:1-9; Luke 17:35; John 12:24