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124. Flesh Pots Diet (#97660)
124. Flesh Pots Diet
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James M. Freeman
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Exodus 16:3
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And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. (Exodus 16:3)
. When we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full.
1. The flesh-pot was a three-legged vessel of bronze, which the Egyptians used for culinary purposes.
2. The ancient Egyptians were fond of animal food. They chiefly ate beef and goose, and also had an abundance of fish. The cow was sacred, and was not eaten. Some writers assert that sheep were not eaten; but the contrary is affirmed by others.
3. Bread here is a generic term denoting vegetable diet. This the Egyptians had in large variety. See
Numbers 11:5
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We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: (Numbers 11:5)
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