Barley: A grain much cultivated in Egypt
(Exodus 9:31) and in Palestine
(Leviticus 27:16)
(Deuteronomy 8:8) It was usually the food of horses
(1 Kings 4:28) Barley bread was
used by the poorer people
(Judges 7:13; 2 Kings 4:42) Barley of the first crop
was ready for the harvest by the time of the Passover, in the middle
of April
(Ruth 1:22; 2 Samuel 21:9) Mention is made of barley-meal
(Numbers 5:15)
Our Lord fed five thousand with "five barley loaves and two small
fishes"
(John 6:9)
