Garlick, Shum

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 1min

Numbers 11:5

Allium Sativum Bulb

The well-known vegetable much esteemed as a condiment in the East. The garlic of Egypt is the Allium sativum of the botanists, but there are different species in Palestine, where it is cultivated and prized. The Israelites longed for it when in the wilderness (Num. 11:5⁵We 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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Allium Sativum Flower