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Constantly referred to as the sustenance of man, though animal food may be included, and thus it stands for 'food' in general. Genesis 3:19; Ruth 1:6; Psalm 41:9 . Bread was made of wheaten flour, or of wheat and barley mixed, or by the poor of barley only. It was generally made in thin cakes which could be baked very quickly when a visitor arrived. Genesis 18:6; Genesis 19:3; 1 Samuel 28:24 . It was usually leavened by a piece of old dough in a state of fermentation. See LEAVEN.

UNLEAVENED BREAD was to be eaten with certain of the offerings, Leviticus 6:16,17; and for the seven days' feast connected with the Passover, often referred to as 'the Feast of Unleavened Bread,' Exodus 34:18; 2 Chronicles 8:13; Luke 22:1; 1 Corinthians 5:8; a symbol that all evil must be put away in order to keep the feast.

The Lord Jesus called Himself the BREAD OF GOD, the bread that came down from heaven, THE BREAD OF LIFE, the living bread, of which if any man ate he should live for ever: He said "He that eateth me shall live by me." He is the spiritual food that sustains the new life. John 6:31-58 . This was typified in Israel by the SHOWBREAD, the twelve loaves placed upon the table in the holy place, new every sabbath day: it was holy and was eaten by the priests only. Leviticus 24:5-9 . It is literally 'face or presence bread;' Exodus 25:30; and 'bread of arrangement' or 'ordering,' as in the margin of 1 Chronicles 9:32; and in the N.T. 'bread of presentation.' Matthew 12:4; Hebrews 9:2 . It typified the nourishment that God would provide for Israel in Christ, as well as the ordering of the twelve tribes before Him; in them was the administration of God's bounty through Christ for the earth, as Christ is now the sustainment for the Christian.