Thematic Bible: The Diet of the jews


Thematic Bible



Take these ten pieces of cheese to the commander of the unit, check on the well-being of your brothers, and bring something back from them. Verse ConceptsCheeseDairyTen ThingsTelling Of Happenings

Abigail quickly took 200 loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five measures of roasted grain, 100 bunches of raisins, and 200 fig cakes and loaded them on donkeys. Verse ConceptsFoodFig treeGrainRaisinsSheepWeights And Measures, DryFigsOne HundredThe Number Two HundredDried FruitQuantities Of WineHasty ActionOther Volume Measures

Now let this present that your servant has brought to your majesty be given to the young men who follow your majesty. Verse ConceptsPresents

Now just as David happened to have passed the summit of the Mount of Olives, suddenly Mephibosheth's servant Ziba met him, accompanied by a couple of saddled donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 pieces of summer fruit, and a skin of wine! The king asked Ziba, "What are those for?" Ziba replied, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for your young men to eat, and the wine is for whoever wants to drink if they get weary in the wilderness."


"You won't be allowed to eat your tithe of grain, new wine, oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, your voluntary offerings that you pledged, your free-will offerings, and the works of your hands in your own cities. Verse ConceptsGrainWineTithes And Offering

You were adorned with gold, silver, clothing of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate food made from the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, attaining royal status. Verse ConceptsFoodAdornment, Of WomenGoldQueensSilverHoneyProsperityOlive Oilroyaltyprospering

Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you. Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite. Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive.

Those who enjoyed delicacies lie desolate in the streets. Those who were reared wearing purple scavenge in piles of trash. Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesColors, ScarletThe HomelessSavourinessPurple ClothesTragedy On The StreetsAshes Of Humiliation

lying on ivory beds, stretching out on your couches, eating lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall, chanting to the sound of stringed instruments as if they were David, composing songs to themselves as if they were musicians,

Go to the flock and bring me two healthy young goats. I'll prepare some delicious food for your father, just the way he loves it. Verse ConceptsGoatsAnimals, Types OfSavourinessTwo AnimalsLoving Other Things


The LORD of the Heavenly Armies he's the one you are to regard as holy. Let him be the one whom you fear, and let him be the one before whom you stand in terror! Verse ConceptsBattlesReverence, And God's NatureFear God!Sanctification

For when the ground soaks up rain that often falls on it and continues producing vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated, it receives a blessing from God. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Used FigurativelyBeverages, FigurativeRainLand ProducingGod BlessesUseful ThingsHerbsMarijuana

A vegetarian meal served with love is better than a big, thick steak with a plateful of animosity. Verse ConceptsDigestionCalvesHatredVegetablesBrotherly LoveDinnerBowlsIndigestionRich FoodRomanceHerbsHateBeing In Loveveganismfriendliness

One person believes that he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Verse ConceptsSensitivityDietsVegetablesFood DefinedHerbsReligious FreedomWeaknessEating Meatporkconscienceveganism

and distributed to all the people the entire multitude of Israel, including both men and women a cake made of bread, one made of dates, and one made of raisins to each one. Then all the people left, each headed for home. Verse ConceptsGiftsFruitFoodMale And Female

When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother told him, "They don't have any more wine." Verse ConceptsShortage Of WineNo FoodFake Friends

and told him, "Everyone serves the best wine first, and the cheap kind when people are drunk. But you have kept the best wine until now!" Verse ConceptsAlcoholFirst ActionsProviding WineBad ItemsDrunkenness

On the fourth day, they got up early that morning, and the descendant of Levi got ready to leave. Then the young woman's father-in-law told him, "Fortify yourself by eating some food before you go." Verse ConceptsSonsThe Fourth Day Of The WeekThose Who Rose EarlyPeople Who DelayedDay 4

Woe to the land whose king is a youth and whose princes feast in the morning. That land is blessed whose king is of noble birth, whose princes feast at the right time, for strength, and not to become drunk.

with curds from cattle and with milk from sheep, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, with the fat of goats, with the finest of wheat and from the juice of grapes you drank wine. Verse ConceptsAlcoholButterRamsDairyDrinking WineRich Food

honey, cheeses, sheep, and cheese made from cow's milk for David and his entourage because they had been reasoning, "The people are hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the wilderness." Verse ConceptsCowsButterMilkSheepTirednessCheeseDairyRich FoodTired In Flighttired


As soon as Joseph noticed that Benjamin had come with them, he ordered his palace manager, "Bring the men into the palace. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, because these men will be dining with me for lunch." Verse ConceptsHourMealsNoonStewardshipDinnerKilling Domesticated AnimalsSeeing People

since his disciples had gone off into town to buy food. Verse ConceptsLeavingDisciples' Movements

I've come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I've gathered my myrrh with my spices. I've eaten my honeycomb with my honey. I've drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink and become drunk with love. Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChurchNames And Titles For The ChristianHoneyEating And DrinkingLove And Wine

He'll eat cheese and honey, when he knows enough to reject what's wrong and choose what's right. Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfButterHoneyAge Of AccountabilityRich FoodRejection

Abigail quickly took 200 loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five measures of roasted grain, 100 bunches of raisins, and 200 fig cakes and loaded them on donkeys. Verse ConceptsFoodFig treeGrainRaisinsSheepWeights And Measures, DryFigsOne HundredThe Number Two HundredDried FruitQuantities Of WineHasty ActionOther Volume Measures

They gave him part of a fig cake and two bunches of raisins. After he had eaten, he revived, since he had neither eaten food nor had he drunk water for three days and three nights. Verse ConceptsRaisinsCakesDried FruitThree Days And Nightsrevival

You will have enough goat's milk to drink and to supply your household needs, as well as sustenance for your servant girls. Verse ConceptsGoatsMaidsMilkteenager

His eyes are darker than wine and his teeth whiter than milk." Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected ByMilkTeethWhiteGood Eyes

Jesse told his son David, "Take this ephah of roasted grain to your brothers, along with these ten loaves of bread, and quickly take them to your brothers in the camp. Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodGrainWeights And Measures, DryTen ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

I'll bring some food for you, and after that you may continue your journey, since you have come to visit your servant." So they replied, "Okay! Do what you've proposed." Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodServanthood, In Life Of BelieversPeople Refreshed

So early the next morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a leather bottle of water, gave them to Hagar, and placed them on her shoulder. He then sent her away, along with the child. She went off and roamed in the Beer-sheba wilderness. Verse ConceptsShouldersBottle, UsesDeserts, SpecificThe HomelessWater ContainersWanderersThose Who Rose EarlyCarrying Other LoadsExamples Of Love For Children

I tell all of you with certainty, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple will never lose his reward." Verse ConceptsNeedWagesWaterBeverages, LiteralCold, Literal UseChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversMan Providing WaterReward For WorksGivingRewardLosing Someone

As evening approached, he had the camels kneel outside the town at the water well, right about the time when women customarily went out to draw water. Verse ConceptsWaterCamelsDrawing WaterPutting Animals Down

But when they had prepared a meal and set it in front of him, he said, "I'm not eating until I've spoken." "Speak up!" Laban exclaimed. Verse ConceptsDinnerGiving InformationThose Who Provided A Meal

Meanwhile, the brothers were seated in front of Joseph in birth order, from firstborn to youngest. The men stared at one another in astonishment. Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsFirstbornBrothersBirthrights

"I'm Esau, your firstborn!" Jacob told his father. "I've done what you asked, so please sit up and eat what I caught, so you can bless me." Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitFirstbornInheritance, MaterialFirstborn SonsThis Is MePeople Blessing

and distributed to all the people the entire multitude of Israel, including both men and women a cake made of bread, one made of dates, and one made of raisins to each one. Then all the people left, each headed for home. Verse ConceptsGiftsFruitFoodMale And Female

She has prepared her food, she has spiced her wine, and she also has set her dining table. Verse ConceptsAlcoholTablesMixed WineDrugs

because the LORD commanded me specifically, "You are not to eat bread, drink water, or return by the way that you came to arrive here!'"

But he replied, "I can't go back with you to your home, be in your company, or even eat food or drink water with you in this place,

"Why do your disciples disregard the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands when they eat." Verse ConceptsFaultsComplaintsLaw, Jesus Christ's Attitude ToTraditionsPeople UnwashedBreaking Man's LawHow People EatFinding Fault With Jesuselders

Jehoshaphat asked, "Isn't there a prophet who belongs to the LORD and through whom we can ask the LORD a question?" One of the king of Israel's attendants replied, "Shaphat's son Elisha lives here. He used to be Elijah's personal attendant." Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodGod, Will OfPouring WaterNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Next, Abraham ran to the herd, found a choice and tender calf, and gave it to the young men, who went off in a hurry to prepare it. Verse ConceptsTendernessAnimals, Types OfCattleHasteHerdsIndividuals RunningSoftnessEating CattleHasty Action

Then prepare some food, just the way I like it, and bring it to me so that I can eat and bless you before I die." Verse ConceptsTasteRequesting FoodSavourinessBefore DeathLoving Other ThingsPeople Blessing

Jesse told his son David, "Take this ephah of roasted grain to your brothers, along with these ten loaves of bread, and quickly take them to your brothers in the camp. Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodGrainWeights And Measures, DryTen ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

At lunchtime, Boaz invited her, "Come on over, have some food, and dip your bread in our oil and vinegar." So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he handed her some roasted grain, which she ate until she was satisfied. She kept what was left over. Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodGrainMealsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSittingVinegarWineRemaining Food

Take these ten pieces of cheese to the commander of the unit, check on the well-being of your brothers, and bring something back from them. Verse ConceptsCheeseDairyTen ThingsTelling Of Happenings

Didn't you pour me out like milk and let me congeal like cheese? Verse ConceptsMilkCheeseDairy

He replied, "The man who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. Verse ConceptsJudas Betraying ChristDippingtraitors


A vegetarian meal served with love is better than a big, thick steak with a plateful of animosity. Verse ConceptsDigestionCalvesHatredVegetablesBrotherly LoveDinnerBowlsIndigestionRich FoodRomanceHerbsHateBeing In Loveveganismfriendliness

At lunchtime, Boaz invited her, "Come on over, have some food, and dip your bread in our oil and vinegar." So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he handed her some roasted grain, which she ate until she was satisfied. She kept what was left over. Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodGrainMealsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSittingVinegarWineRemaining Food

How we remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for free! And the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic! Verse ConceptsCucumbersFruitFishesVegetablesLooking BackwardPeople RememberingFree Of ChargeComplainingFish

The Israelis told them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt when we sat by the cooking pots, when we ate bread until we were filled because you brought us to this desert to kill this entire congregation with hunger." Verse ConceptsIngratitudeMeatSelf PityCynicismDying In The WildernessDesire For DeathPlenty In EgyptNo FoodGod Might Kill His PeoplePots For Cooking And EatingDying In The Desert WeedComplaininghungerpot

Or if he asks for a fish, he wouldn't give him a snake, would he? Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodFish


then is to remain separate from wine and strong drink. He is not to drink vinegar or strong drink made from wine. He is not to drink grape juice or eat grapes, whether fresh or dried. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkVinegarDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

At lunchtime, Boaz invited her, "Come on over, have some food, and dip your bread in our oil and vinegar." So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he handed her some roasted grain, which she ate until she was satisfied. She kept what was left over. Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodGrainMealsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSittingVinegarWineRemaining Food

lying on ivory beds, stretching out on your couches, eating lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall, Verse ConceptsBedsArtIvoryLambs


After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat. Verse ConceptsBreaking Of BreadThankfulnessThanksgiving, OfferedThanking God For Food

So he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to distribute. So they served them to the crowd. Verse ConceptsThankfulnessThanksgivingCrowds Around JesusSeven ThingsReclining To EatThe Disciples ActionsBreaking Of BreadTable Grace

Then he took curds, milk, and the calf that had been prepared, placed the food in front of them, and stood near them under the tree while they ate. The men asked him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" "There, in the tent," he replied.

The LORD told Moses, "Listen very carefully! I'll cause food to rain down for you from heaven, and the people are to go out and gather each day's portion on that day. In this way I'll test them to demonstrate whether or not they'll live according to my instructions. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be double what they gather on other days." So Moses and Aaron addressed the entire congregation of the Israelis: "This evening you will know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt, read more.
and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your complaints against him. After all, who are we that you complain against us?" Moses also said, "When the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread in the morning to satisfy you, the LORD will hear your complaints directed against him. Who are we? Your complaints aren't against us, but rather against the LORD." Then Moses instructed Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the Israelis, "Come near into the LORD's presence, because he has heard your complaints.'" While Aaron was speaking to all the congregation of the Israelis, they turned toward the desert, and there the glory of the LORD was seen in the cloud. The LORD told Moses, "I've heard the complaints of the Israelis. Tell them, "At twilight you are to eat meat and in the morning you are to be filled with bread, so you may know that I am the LORD your God.'"

The king asked Ziba, "What are those for?" Ziba replied, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for your young men to eat, and the wine is for whoever wants to drink if they get weary in the wilderness." Verse ConceptsSummerRiding DonkeysSummer FruitTired In Flight

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Verse ConceptsSingingSongsThose Singing Praisecommunion

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