Eating
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Eating in the Bible Dictionary
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The host acting as waiter
Gen 18:8
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Genesis 18:8 -
Favored guests served a double portion
Gen 43:34
34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Genesis 43:34 -
Table used in
Judg 1:7
7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Judges 1:7 -
Sitting at table
Ex 32:6
6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Exodus 32:6 -
Reclining on couches
Amos 6:4, 7; Luke 7:37, 38; John 13:25
4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
Amos 6:47 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
Amos 6:737 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
Luke 7:3738 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Luke 7:3825 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
John 13:25 -
Ablutions before
Matt 15:2
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Matthew 15:2 - See Feasts
- See Food
- See Gluttony
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
