From Nave’s Topical Bible
Food
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 57Passages listed
- 22Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- ARTICLES OF
- MilkGenesis 49:12Proverbs 27:27
- ButterDeuteronomy 32:142 Samuel 17:29
- Cheese1 Samuel 17:18Job 10:10
- BreadGenesis 18:51 Samuel 17:17
- Parched (roasted) corn (grain)Ruth 2:141 Samuel 17:17
- Meat2 Samuel 6:19Proverbs 9:2
- FishMatthew 7:10Luke 24:42
- HerbsProverbs 15:17Romans 14:2Hebrews 6:7
- Fruit2 Samuel 16:2
- Dried fruit1 Samuel 25:181 Samuel 30:12
- Honey So 5:1Isaiah 7:15
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- OilDeuteronomy 12:17Proverbs 21:17Ezekiel 16:13
- VinegarNumbers 6:3Ruth 2:14
- Wine2 Samuel 6:19John 2:3John 2:10
- Prepared by femalesGenesis 27:91 Samuel 8:13Proverbs 31:15
- Thanks given before receivingMark 8:6Acts 27:35
- A hymn sung afterwardMatthew 26:30
- Men and women did not partake togetherGenesis 18:8Genesis 18:9Esther 1:3Esther 1:9
- See Bread
- See Eating
- See Oven
- FROM GODGenesis 1:29Genesis 1:30Genesis 9:3Genesis 48:15Psalms 23:5Psalms 103:5Psalms 104:14Psalms 104:15Psalms 111:5Psalms 136:25Psalms 145:15Psalms 147:9Proverbs 30:8Isaiah 3:1Matthew 6:11Romans 14:14Romans 14:211 Timothy 4:3–5
- THINGS PROHIBITED AS FOODExodus 22:31Leviticus 11:1–47Leviticus 17:13–15
The passages, in Bible order (57)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 1:29
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
Commentary on Genesis 1:291 voice
The historical meaning, at least, of this sentence indicates clearly that originally God permitted the use of foods from vegetation, that is, vegetables and the fruits of trees. But the opportunity of eating flesh is given to men later when a covenant was made with Noah after the flood.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON GENESIS 1.17Patristic
- Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
- Genesis 9:3
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
Commentary on Genesis 9:32 voices
And He changed the food of men, giving them leave to eat flesh: for from Adam the first-formed until the Flood men ate only of seeds and the fruit of trees, and to eat flesh was not permitted to them.
Irenaeus· The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, Section 22Patristic
Every moving thing - shall be meat - There is no positive evidence that animal food was ever used before the flood. Noah had the first grant of this kind, and it has been continued to all his posterity ever since. It is not likely that this grant would have been now made if some extraordinary alteration had not taken place in the vegetable world, so as to render its productions less nutritive than they were before; and probably such a change in the constitution of man as to render a grosser and higher diet necessary.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 18:5
And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
Commentary on Genesis 18:51 voice
I will fetch a morsel of bread - This was the third requisite, and is introduced in its proper order; as eating immediately after exertion or fatigue is very unwholesome. The strong action of the lungs and heart should have time to diminish before any food is received into the stomach, as otherwise concoction is prevented, and fever in a less or greater degree produced. For therefore are ye come - In those ancient days every traveler conceived he had a right to refreshment, when he needed it, at the first tent he met with on his journey.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 18:8
Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
Commentary on Genesis 18:81 voice
An inquiry about his wife, so surprising in strangers, the subject of conversation, and the fulfilment of the fondly cherished promise within a specified time, showed Abraham that he had been entertaining more than ordinary travellers (Heb 13:2).
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Genesis 18:9
“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
- Genesis 27:9
Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
Commentary on Genesis 27:91 voice
Rebekah spake unto Jacob--She prized the blessing as invaluable; she knew that God intended it for the younger son [Ge 25:23]; and in her anxiety to secure its being conferred on the right object--on one who cared for religion--she acted in the sincerity of faith; but in crooked policy--with unenlightened zeal; on the false principle that the end would sanctify the means.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Genesis 48:15
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
Commentary on Genesis 48:151 voice
He blessed Joseph - The father first, and then the sons afterwards. And this is an additional proof to what has been adduced under Gen 48:12, of Jacob’s superiority; for the less is always blessed of the greater. The God which fed me all my life long - Jacob is now standing on the verge of eternity, with his faith strong in God.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 49:12
His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
- Exodus 22:31
You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
Commentary on Exodus 22:311 voice
Ye shall be holy unto me - And one mark of that honourable distinction is appointed in their diet, which was, that they should not eat any flesh that was torn of beasts - Both because the blood was not duly taken out of it, and because the clean beast was ceremonially defiled, by the touch of the unclean.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- Leviticus 11:1–47
The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
Commentary on Leviticus 11:1–472 voices
And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... The one being the chief magistrate, and the other the high priest, and both concerned to see the following laws put into execution; according to Jarchi, the Lord spoke to Moses that he might speak to Aaron; but being now in office, and one part of his office being to distinguish between clean and unclean, the following discourse is directed equally to him as to Moses: saying unto them; as follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Yahweh speaks to Moses and Aaron conjointly. (Compare Lev 13:1; Lev 15:1.) The high priest, in regard to the legal purifications, is treated as co-ordinate with the legislator.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Leviticus 17:13–15
And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
- Numbers 6:3
he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.
Commentary on Numbers 6:31 voice
No vinegar of wine, etc. - חמץ chomets signifies fermented wine, and is probably used here to signify wine of a strong body, or any highly intoxicating liquor. Dr. Lightfoot supposes that the Leper being the most defiled and loathsome of creatures, was an emblem of the wretched, miserable state of man by the fall; and that the Nazarite was the emblem of man in his state of innocence.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Deuteronomy 12:17
Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
- Deuteronomy 32:14
with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:141 voice
Fat of kidneys of wheat - Almost every person knows that the kidney is enveloped in a coat of the purest fat in the body of the animal, for which several anatomical reasons might be given. As the kidney itself is to the abundantly surrounding fat, so is the germ of the grain to the lobes or farinaceous parts.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Ruth 2:14
At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
Commentary on Ruth 2:141 voice
Dip thy morsel in the vinegar - The חמץ chomets, which we here translate vinegar, seems to have been some refreshing kind of acid sauce used by the reapers to dip their bread in, which both cooled and refreshed them. Vinegar, rob of fruits, etc., are used for this purpose in the East to the present day; and the custom of the Arabs, according to Dr. Shaw, is to dip the bread and hand together into these cooling and refreshing articles.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
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