The first letter of each of the following responses will form the word used to describe what a sheep-shearer's wife brought to a future king, thereby averting a deadly confrontation. [1 ] The number in brackets indicates the number of words in the answer. (Additional clues may be found on page 178.)
1. Something which sold at the rate of two measures for a shekel even in the time of a severe famine. [1]
2. One of six things which a complaining people remembered, with tears, of their former dietary delights. [1]
3. Something the disciples ate after rubbing them in their hands. [3]
4. Something Ezra was authorized to receive without limit for the restoration of the house of his God and its services. [1]
5. The daily provision for the table of a great king, among other things, was one hundred of these. [1]
6. A certain kind of bread which a virtuous woman refused to eat in deference to her devotion to her household. [1]
7. A somewhat surprising word used to describe some figs that were so bad they could not be eaten. [1]
8. A single cluster of these required two men to carry it, thereby attesting to the fertility of the land. [1]
Answers to these questions will be found in the next issue of Christian Treasury.
R. Erisman