5 Bible Verses about Barley

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Ruth 2:17

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

Deuteronomy 8:8

a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

John 6:13

So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

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Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

Numbers 5:15

the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as an offering for her one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, a reminder of iniquity.

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

1 Kings 4:28

They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.

2 Kings 4:42

Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat.”

Barley » Palestine

Deuteronomy 8:8

a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;

1 Chronicles 11:13

He was with David at Pasdammim when the Philistines were gathered together there to battle, and there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines.

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death; for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their companions.

Barley » Priests estimated value of

Revelation 6:6

And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”

Leviticus 27:16

‘Again, if a man consecrates to the Lord part of the fields of his own property, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it: a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.

2 Kings 7:1

Then Elisha said, “Listen to the word of the Lord; thus says the Lord, ‘Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”

Barley » Used in offerings

Numbers 5:15

the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as an offering for her one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, a reminder of iniquity.

Ezekiel 45:15

and one sheep from each flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel—for a grain offering, for a burnt offering and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them,” declares the Lord God.

Barley » Traffic in

2 Chronicles 2:10

Now behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”

Hosea 3:2

So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

Barley » Loaves of

John 6:13

So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

Barley » Absalom burns joab's field of

2 Samuel 14:30

Therefore he said to his servants, “See, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

Barley » Fed to horses

1 Kings 4:28

They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.

Barley » Tribute in

2 Chronicles 27:5

He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year.

Barley » A product of egypt

Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

Bread » Made of » Barley

Judges 7:13

When Gideon came, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, “Behold, I had a dream; a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down so that the tent lay flat.”

Bread » Barley

Judges 7:13

When Gideon came, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, “Behold, I had a dream; a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down so that the tent lay flat.”

Grain » Barley

Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

Numbers 5:15

the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as an offering for her one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, a reminder of iniquity.

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

1 Kings 4:28

They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.

2 Kings 4:42

Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat.”

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Barley

Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

2 Samuel 14:30

Therefore he said to his servants, “See, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

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