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The Widow of Zarephath … 12 But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.” 13 “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her.
Verse 6. - And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake [same word as in 1 Kings 17:13] baken on the coals [Heb. a cake of stones, or coals. LXX. ἐγκρυφίας.The thin, flat bread of the East, especially among the nomadic desert tribes, is constantly baked in a rude oven, constructed in the sand or soft.
Oct 27, 2023 · What Is Cake Eating “Cake eating” is an act associated with enjoying the easier aspects of military service, often with a sense of humor. It represents a period when personnel may have comparatively lighter assignments or find themselves in comfortable circumstances, allowing them to relax and enjoy the “sweetness” of their situation.
The Defiled Bread … 11 You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times. 12 And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.” 13 Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”…
Jeremiah 7:18 ESV / 147 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. And they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
A local pariah, known as the sin eater, would come and eat the piece of bread, thereby “eating” the deceased person’s sin. The person who died would go to heaven, and the sin eater would get paid for his or her services. Essentially, the sin eater traded his or her own soul in exchange for the bit of money earned by sin eating.
Hosea 7:8 Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake. “Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over. “The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners, making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake! Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
