5 Bible Verses about Barley

Most Relevant Verses

Ruth 2:17

So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds of barley!

Deuteronomy 8:8

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

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned, accompanied by her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who came back with her from the region of Moab. (Now they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.)

John 6:13

So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten.

From Thematic Bible


Agriculture » Products of » Barley

Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and the barley were struck by the hail, for the barley had ripened and the flax was in bud.

Numbers 5:15

then the man must bring his wife to the priest, and he must bring the offering required for her, one tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he must not pour olive oil on it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of suspicion, a grain offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance.

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned, accompanied by her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who came back with her from the region of Moab. (Now they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.)

1 Kings 4:28

Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.

2 Kings 4:42

Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet -- twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, "Set it before the people so they may eat."

Barley » Palestine

Deuteronomy 8:8

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

1 Chronicles 11:13

He was with David in Pas Dammim when the Philistines assembled there for battle. In an area of the field that was full of barley, the army retreated before the Philistines,

Jeremiah 41:8

But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field. So he spared their lives and did not kill them along with the rest.

Barley » Priests estimated value of

Revelation 6:6

Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat will cost a day's pay and three quarts of barley will cost a day's pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine!"

Leviticus 27:16

"'If a man consecrates to the Lord some of his own landed property, the conversion value must be calculated in accordance with the amount of seed needed to sow it, a homer of barley seed being priced at fifty shekels of silver.

2 Kings 7:1

Elisha replied, "Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says, 'About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'"

Barley » Used in offerings

Numbers 5:15

then the man must bring his wife to the priest, and he must bring the offering required for her, one tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he must not pour olive oil on it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of suspicion, a grain offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance.

Ezekiel 45:15

and one sheep from each flock of two hundred, from the watered places of Israel, for a grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offering, to make atonement for them, declares the sovereign Lord.

Barley » Traffic in

2 Chronicles 2:10

Look, I will pay your servants who cut the timber 20,000 kors of ground wheat, 20,000 kors of barley, 120,000 gallons of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil."

Hosea 3:2

So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley to purchase her.

Barley » Loaves of

John 6:13

So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten.

Barley » Absalom burns joab's field of

2 Samuel 14:30

So he said to his servants, "Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set Joab's portion of the field on fire.

Barley » Fed to horses

1 Kings 4:28

Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.

Barley » Tribute in

2 Chronicles 27:5

He launched a military campaign against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents of silver, 10,000 kors of wheat, and 10,000 kors of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years.

Barley » A product of egypt

Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and the barley were struck by the hail, for the barley had ripened and the flax was in bud.

Bread » Made of » Barley

Judges 7:13

When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said, "Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed."

Bread » Barley

Judges 7:13

When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said, "Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed."

Grain » Barley

Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and the barley were struck by the hail, for the barley had ripened and the flax was in bud.

Numbers 5:15

then the man must bring his wife to the priest, and he must bring the offering required for her, one tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he must not pour olive oil on it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of suspicion, a grain offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance.

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned, accompanied by her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who came back with her from the region of Moab. (Now they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.)

1 Kings 4:28

Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.

2 Kings 4:42

Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet -- twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, "Set it before the people so they may eat."

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Barley

Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and the barley were struck by the hail, for the barley had ripened and the flax was in bud.

2 Samuel 14:30

So he said to his servants, "Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set Joab's portion of the field on fire.

Never miss a post

Theasaurus: Barley

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible