1 Sam. xxx, 11, 12. And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. DIET AND DRESS. (See under Body, APPETITE.) VOLUNTARY ABSTINENCE FROM FOOD. Gen. xxiv, 33. And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. 1 Sam. 1, 7. And as he did so Matt. iv, 3, 4. And when the year by year, when she went up 2 Sam. xii, 17, 20. And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and, when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 1 Kings xili, 7-9, 15-17. And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. Then he said unto tempter came to him, he said, If to the house of the LORD, so she him, Come home with me, and eat mand that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Mark viii, 14. In those days, the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat. Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat; And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. And his disciples answered him, Fromwhence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? Luke iv, 2-4. Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Acts, ix, 19. And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain provoked her: therefore she wept, 1 Sam. ix, 13. As soon as ye be hath 1 Sam. xxviii, 20-23. Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me: Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on thy way. But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice: so he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place. For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. 1 Kings xxi, 4. [And Ahab] laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. FASTING IN CONNECTION WITH RELIGION. Isa. lviii, 3-8. Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him' wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? Is 142 not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righeousness shall go before thee: the glory of the LORD shall be thy rere-ward. Jer. xiv, 12. When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. Zech. vii, 5. Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? Zech. viii, 19. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. Matt. vi, 16-18. Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Mark ii, 18-20. And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with thein? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can land into the house of the LORD OTHER FASTS, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC. ed a fast, and set Naboth on high phat feared, and set himself to seek Ezra viii, 21,23. Then I proclaimed stance. was entreated of us. Ezra, x, 6. Then Ezra rose up when I heard these words, that I bade them return Mordecai this Jonah iii, 5-8. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast,and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. For word came unto the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. proclaimed and published through And he caused it to be Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Dan. x, 3. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint weeks were fulfilled. myself at all, till three whole EXTRAORDINARY FASTS. Deut. ix, 9,18. When I was gone up into the mount, to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of made with you, then I abode in the covenant which the LORD the mount forty days and forty drink water. And I fell down benights; I neither did eat bread nor fore the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread nor drink water, sinned, in doing wickedly in the because of all your sins which yo sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. FOOD, THE GIFT OF GOD. her daughters-in-law, that she Ruth. 1, 6. Then she arose with might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the not fast. But the days will come, to all that Esther had commanded Country of Moab how that the when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. FASTS BY DIVINE Joel i, 14. Sanctify ye a fast, call solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the him. LORD had visited his people, in giving them bread. Jer. xxxvi, 9. And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoia-out of it cometh bread; and under Job. xxviii, 5. As for the earth kim the son of Josiah king of it is turned up as it were fire. Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. Ps. civ, 14, 15, 27. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. Ps. cvii, 9. For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. Ps. cxxxii, 15. I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. Ps. cxxxvi, 25. Who giveth food to all flesh; for his mercy endureth for ever. Ps. cxlv, 15, 16. The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. Ps. cxlvii, 14. He maketh peace in thy borders, and fllleth thee with the finest of the wheat. Jer. xxxi, 12. Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be as a watered garden: and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 2 Kings xxv, 30. And his allowance was a continual allow ance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. Prov. xii, 11. He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. Prov. xx, 13. Love not sleep lest thou come to poverty: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. Prov. xxxi, 27. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Jer. lii, 34. And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion, until the day of his death, all the days of his life. Dan. 1, 5. And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. Matth. xiv, 15, 16. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves victuals. But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. Num. xi, 4, 18-20. And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: (for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt:) therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days: But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? 1 Kings iv, 22. And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty Job xx, 23. When he is about to measures of fine flour, and three-fill his belly, God shall cast the score measures of meal. fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. Ps. lxxvill, 29-31. So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire: They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. Pз. cvi, 14, 15. But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and And tempted God in the desert. he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. Prov. xiii, 25. The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: But the belly of the wicked shall want. Prov. xv, 17. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Prov. xvii, 1. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. Micah vi, 14. Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied. Matth. vi, 11. Give us this day our daily bread. John vi, 11. And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. He that Rom. xiv, 6. eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 1 Cor. x, 30, 31. For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that which I give thanks? Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Tim. iv, 4, 5. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: sanctified by the word of God, and prayer. For it is VEGETABLE DIET. Gen. i, 29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Dan. 1, 12, 16. Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days, and let them give us pulse to eat; and water to drink. Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. BREAD THE STAFF OF LIFE. Gen. xviii, 5. And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on. Gen. xli, 54. And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. Gen. xlvii, 12, 15. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread. Exod. xvi, 4, 8. Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. And Mo es said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmarings are not against us, but against the LORD. in thine house shall come and say, Put me, I pray thee, into one I pray thee, hearken thou also 1 Sam. xxx, 11. And they found Neh. ix, 15. And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst. Ps. cv, 16. Moreover he called the king commanded that they Exod. xxix, 32. And Aaron and Ezek. iv, 16. Moreover he said his sons shall eat the flesh of the will break the staff of bread in unto me, Son of man, behold, I ram, and the bread that is in the Jerusalem: and they shall eat basket, by the door of the taber-bread by weight, and with care... nacle of the congregation. Exod. xl, 23. And he set the to himself, he said, How many Luke xv, 17. And when he came bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had command-hired servants of my father's have bread enough, and to spare, and I perish with hunger! ed Moses. Lev. xxvi, 26. And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satis fied. Joshua ix, 5. And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. Judges vili, 6. And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? Judges xix, 5. And it came to pass, on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart; and the damsel's father said unto his sonin-law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 1 Sam. ii, 38. And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left he knew not ought he had, save that he had in Joseph's hand; and Gen. xxxix, 6. And he left all the bread which he did eat. . . . . Gen. xliii, 25, 31. And they made they should eat bread there. And came at noon: for they heard that ready the present against Joseph he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. Exod. ii. 20. And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. Exod. xvill, 12. And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burntoffering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God. Lev. viii, 31. And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and I commanded, saying, Aaron and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as his sons shall eat it. that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an Num. xv, 19. Then it shall be, heave-offering unto the LORD. 2 8am. ix, 7. And David said surely shew thee kindness for unto him, Fear not: for I will will restore thee all the land of Jonathan thy father's sake, and Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, 2 Kings iv, 8. And it fell on a where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. his prison-garments: and he did 2 Kings xxv, 29. And changed eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. John vi, 5-7. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? (And this he said to prove him: for he Philip answered him. Two huu-hungry, give him bread to eat; himself knew what he would do.) dred pennyworth of bread is not and if he be thirsty, give him Prov. xxv, 21. If thine enemy be sufficient for them, that every one them may take a little. water to drink. eth, and taketh bread, and giveth 1 Cor. x, 17. For we, being body: for we are all partakers of many, are one bread, and one that one bread. HENCE, TO EAT BREAD, IS TAKING FOOD. face shalt thou eat bread, till 145 ... wine with a merry heart; for God thy bread with joy, and drink thy Eccles. ix, 7. Go thy way, eat now accepteth thy works. Matth. xv, 2. Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of their hands when they eat bread. the elders? for they wash not Mark iii, 20. And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. Mark vi, 36. Send them away, that they may go into the country and buy themselves bread: for round about, and into the villages, they have nothing to eat. Luke xiv, 1. And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath-day, that they watched him. 2 Thess. iii, S. 12. Neither did bread for we eat any man's nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeabie to any of you. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. PRODUCE OF THE FIELD, SOMETIMES PREPARED IN A VERY SIMPLE FORM. Lev. xxiii, 14. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the self-same day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, in all your dwellings. And she Ruth ii, 14. . . . . . . sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. 1 Sam. xvii, 17. And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren. 1 Sam. xxv, 18. Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, .... and five measures of parched corn. .... 2 Sam. xvil, 28. . . . . Earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse. And there 2 Kings iv, 42. came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of And corn in the husk thereof. he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. Matth. xii, 1. At that time Jesus went on the sabbath-day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. SOMETIMES GROUND INTO MEAL, AND PREPARED BY FEMALES OR SLAVES. Judges xvi, 21. But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house. 1 Sam. viii, 13. And he will take your daughters to be confection aries, and to be cooks, and to be unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of bakers. Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves 2 Sam. xvii, 19. And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon. ..... 1 Kings xvii, 12, 14, 16. And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD Sendeth rain upon the earth. And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. 2 Kings iv, 41. But he said, Then bring meal: and he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat: and there was no harm in the pot. 1 Chron. xii, 40. Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal. ..... any victual. Exod. xvi, 23. And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: hath said, To-morrow is the rest bake that which ye will bake today and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you, to be kept until the morning. Iev. xxiv, 5. And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; two tenth deals shall be in one cake. Lev. xxvi, 26. . . . Ten women shall bake your bread in one oven..... Num. xi, 8. And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and it was as the taste of fresh cil. made cakes of it: and the taste of Num. xv, 20. Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough, for an heave-offering: as ye do the heave-offering of the thrashing-floor, so shall ye heave it. Judges yii, 13. And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his por-fellow, and said, Behold, I dream Prov. xxxi, 15. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a tion to her maidens. Eccles. xii, 4. And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low. Isa. xlvii, 2. Take the millstones, and grind meal. Lam. v, 13. They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. . It hath no Hosea viii, 7. stalk: the bud shall yield no meal...... Matth. xxiv, 41. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. AND THEN BAKED. Exod. viii. 3. And the river shall Exod. xii, 39. And they baked ed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. Judges viii, 5. And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me...... 1 Sam. x, 4. And they will salloaves of bread; whh thou shalt ute thee, and give thee two receive of their hands. 1 Sam. xxi, 3. Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. even 2 Sam. vi, 19. And he dealt all the people. among among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. 2 Sam. xiii, 6, 8. So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; (and |
