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Dictionary of Bible Themes – 4554 yeast
4554 yeast
4554 yeast
A raising agent commonly used in bread. Bread that was required quickly was baked without yeast, as at the first Passover, commemorated annually in the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Although some non-meat offerings contained yeast, it could not be burned on the altar.
Unleavened bread was made without yeast
Ex 12:39 See also Ge 19:3; Ex 12:8-11,34; Jdg 6:17-19; 1Sa 28:24-25
The consumption of yeast was prohibited during the Feast of Unleavened Bread
Ex 12:14-15 See also Ex 12:17-20; Ex 13:3,6-7; Ex 23:15,18; Ex 34:18; Lev 23:6; Nu 28:17; Dt 16:1-4; Eze 45:21
Sacrifices burned on the altar were not to contain yeast
Lev 2:11 See also Ex 29:1-3,22-24; Ex 34:25; Lev 2:4-5; Lev 6:16-17; Lev 7:12-13; Lev 8:2-3,26; Lev 10:12; Nu 6:14-15,19
Some offerings contained yeast
Yeast as an image of the kingdom of God
Metaphorical references to yeast as something evil
1Co 5:6-8 See also Mt 16:5-12 pp Mk 8:14-21; Lk 12:1-3; Gal 5:2-12
See also
| 2375 | kingdom of God |
| 4418 | bread |
| 4432 | dough |
| 5345 | influence |
| 7360 | Feast of Unleavened Bread |
| 7402 | offerings |
Dictionary of Bible Themes Scripture index copyright Martin H. Manser, 2009. As Editor, Martin Manser wishes to thank all those who compiled or edited the NIV Thematic Study Bible, on which this work is based.
