RIE (the AV spelling of 'rye') occurs twice (Ex 9:32; Isa 28:25) in AV as rendering of kussemeth, which in Eze 4:9 is rendered 'fitches.' In all three passages RV has 'spelt,' Whatever kussemeth was, it was neither true rye, which is a cereal unknown in Palestine, nor spelt. See Fitches.
E. W. G. Masterman.
Does he not level its surface And sow dill and scatter cummin And plant wheat in rows, Barley in its place and rye within its area?
"But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and spelt, put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days.
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