6 occurrences

'Fork' in the Bible

or for the priests’ share of the sacrifices from the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling

Verse ConceptsCustomCooking, MethodsSharp ToolsThreefold

and plunge it into the container or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. The priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is the way they treated all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.

Verse ConceptsCaldronspot

The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder scattered with winnowing shovel and fork.

Verse ConceptsMangersToolsShovelsNoting What Animals EatSourness

I scattered them with a winnowing forkat the gates of the land.I made them childless; I destroyed My people.They would not turn from their ways.

Verse ConceptsToolsWinnowingBereavementGod Will Kill His People

“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads that the sword of Babylon’s king can take. Both of them should originate from the same land. And make a signpost at the fork in the road to each city.

Verse ConceptsTwo Intangible Things

For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.

Verse ConceptsLiversMagical Arts, Practice OfArrows, Uses OfHousehold GodsPeople Shaking

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