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4456 grain

Dictionary of Bible Themes

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The seed of cereals. Together with wine and oil, it was one of the three basic commodities in biblical times. Grain offerings were central to Israelite religion and tithes and firstfruits of grain were also given to God.

Grain was a basic foodstuff

Deuteronomy 7:12-13See alsoDeuteronomy 11:13-15;Deuteronomy 28:49-51;Deuteronomy 33:28;Ruth 2:14;1 Samuel 17:17;Samuel 25:18;2 Samuel 17:27-29;Nehemiah 5:1-3,10-11

Harvesting and threshing grain

Deuteronomy 25:4See alsoLeviticus 19:9-10;Deuteronomy 24:19;Judges 6:11;Ruth 2:2-9,15-17;Ruth 3:2

Storing grain

Genesis 41:47-49See alsoGenesis 41:33-36;2 Chronicles 32:27-28;Proverbs 11:26;Jeremiah 50:26;Joel 1:17;Luke 12:16-21

Tithes and firstfruits of grain

Leviticus 27:30See alsoLeviticus 23:9-11;Deuteronomy 12:17;Deuteronomy 14:23;Deuteronomy 18:1-5;2 Chronicles 31:4-5;Nehemiah 10:37-39;Nehemiah 13:12

The grain offering

Leviticus 2:1-16See alsoLeviticus 6:14-23;Leviticus 23:15-16;Numbers 5:11-28;Numbers 15:1-12;1 Kings 8:64

Barley as grain

The cultivation of barley

2 Samuel 14:30See alsoExodus 9:31;Leviticus 27:16;Deuteronomy 8:7-9;Ruth 1:22;Ruth 2:17-18,23;Ruth 3:2;2 Samuel 21:9;1 Chronicles 11:13;Job 31:38-40;Isaiah 28:24-25;Joel 1:11

Trade in barley

Hosea 3:2See also2 Kings 7:1,16-18;2 Chronicles 2:10,15-16; 2 C 5;Ezekiel 13:19;Revelation 6:6

The consumption of barley

Ezekiel 4:9-12See alsoJudges 7:13;Ruth 3:15-17;2 Samuel 17:27-29;1 Kings 4:28;2 Kings 4:42-44;Jeremiah 41:8;John 6:5-13

Offerings of barley

Ezekiel 45:13See alsoNumbers 5:11-15

Other kinds of grain

Corn

Millet

Ezekiel 4:9

Spelt

Isaiah 28:24-25See alsoExodus 9:22-32;Ezekiel 4:9

Wheat

Ezekiel 27:17See alsoJudges 6:11;2 Chronicles 27:5;Psalm 147:14;John 12:24

Allusions to grain in the teaching of Jesus Christ