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However, the idea of dividing or portioning food is present throughout the Bible, reflecting the agrarian and communal lifestyle of ancient Israelite society.<br><br><b>Bread and Grain Offerings</b><br><br>Bread, a staple in the ancient Near Eastern diet, was often divided into portions or slices. In the context of offerings, the Israelites were instructed to present grain offerings, which included bread made from fine flour. <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Leviticus 2:4</a> states, "Now if you bring a grain offering of baked goods, it must be made of fine flour, unleavened loaves mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil." These offerings were likely divided into portions for the priests and for burning on the altar.<br><br><b>Hospitality and Sharing</b><br><br>The act of slicing or dividing food is closely associated with hospitality, a significant cultural value in biblical times. In <a href="/genesis/18-6.htm">Genesis 18:6</a> , when Abraham receives three visitors, he instructs Sarah to "quickly prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread." This bread would have been divided and shared among the guests, demonstrating generosity and the importance of community.<br><br><b>Symbolism of Bread</b><br><br>Bread, often sliced or broken, holds deep symbolic meaning in the Bible. In the New Testament, Jesus uses bread to illustrate spiritual truths. During the Last Supper, He breaks bread with His disciples, symbolizing His body given for humanity. <a href="/luke/22-19.htm">Luke 22:19</a> records, "And He took the bread, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.'"<br><br><b>Sacrificial Practices</b><br><br>The division of sacrificial offerings also reflects the concept of slicing. In the sacrificial system, portions of the animal were divided for specific purposes. <a href="/leviticus/7-14.htm">Leviticus 7:14</a> mentions, "From the cakes, he is to offer one as a contribution to the LORD. It belongs to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings." This division ensured that the priests, who served in the temple, were provided for, while also fulfilling the requirements of the sacrificial law.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>While the term "slice" is not explicitly used in the Bible, the practice of dividing food and offerings is evident throughout the Scriptures. This practice underscores themes of hospitality, community, and the sacrificial system, all of which are integral to understanding the cultural and religious context of the biblical narrative.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) That which is thin and broad, like a slice.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) A broad, thin piece of plaster.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) A salver, platter, or tray.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.<p>6. (<I>n.</I>) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.<p>7. (<I>n.</I>) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.<p>8. (<I>n.</I>) A removable sliding bottom to galley.<p>9. (<I>v. t.</I>) To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.<p>10. (<I>v. t.</I>) To cut into parts; to divide.<p>11. (<I>v. t.</I>) To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2772.htm"><span class="l">2772. kerma -- a <b>slice</b>, hence a small coin</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>slice</b>, hence a small coin. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kerma<br> Phonetic Spelling: (ker'-mah) Short Definition: a small coin Definition: a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2772.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6400.htm"><span class="l">6400. pelach -- cleavage, a millstone</span></a><br><b>...</b> pelach. 6401 . cleavage, a millstone. Transliteration: pelach Phonetic Spelling:<br> (peh'-lakh) Short Definition: <b>slice</b>. <b>...</b> piece. From palach; a <b>slice</b> -- piece. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6400.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2757.htm"><span class="l">2757. charits -- a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument</span></a><br><b>...</b> khaw-reets'}; from charats; properly, incisure or (passively) incised (compare<br> charuwts); hence, a threshing-sledge (with sharp teeth): also a <b>slice</b> (as cut <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2757.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6398.htm"><span class="l">6398. palach -- to cleave</span></a><br><b>...</b> bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through. A primitive root; to <b>slice</b>, ie<br> Break open or pierce -- bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6398.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1504.htm"><span class="l">1504. gazar -- to cut, divide</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin a prim. root Definition to cut, divide NASB Word Usage cut down (1),<br> cut off (6), decree (1), decreed (1), divide (2), divided (1), <b>slice</b> off (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1504.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/huxley/lay_sermons_addresses_and_reviews/ix_on_a_piece_of.htm"><span class="l">On a Piece of Chalk. A Lecture to Working Men.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But it is possible to grind a <b>slice</b> of chalk down so thin that you can see through<br> it"until it is thin enough, in fact, to be examined with any magnifying <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/ix on a piece of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_4_examples_from_nature_proving.htm"><span class="l">Examples from Nature Proving that Bodies May Remain Unconsumed and <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> of it, seemed to me incredible; but it happened at Carthage that a bird of this<br> kind was cooked and served up to me, and, taking a suitable <b>slice</b> of flesh from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 4 examples from nature proving.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/rahab.htm"><span class="l">Rahab</span></a> <br><b>...</b> A thin <b>slice</b> of crystal will bar the entrance of air more effectually than<br> many folds of stuff. IV. Faith in its practical effects. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/rahab.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/costly_and_fatal_help.htm"><span class="l">Costly and Fatal Help</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Do none of you ever bow down to Satan for a <b>slice</b> of the kingdoms of this world?<br> Ahaz has still plenty of brothers and sisters in all our churches and chapels. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/costly and fatal help.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_i_choosing_the_tens.htm"><span class="l">Choosing the Tens</span></a> <br><b>...</b> at hand she took several round slices of durra bread and proceeded to toast them<br> with much skill, tilting the hot tile and casting each browned <b>slice</b> in on the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter i choosing the tens.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gregory/gregory_of_nyssa_dogmatic_treatises_etc/section_7_gregory_further_shows.htm"><span class="l">Gregory Further Shows that the Only-Begotten Being Begotten not <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> he certainly divided his essence, being cut up among those who were begotten of<br> him, and by reason of the vast number of his posterity (the <b>slice</b> of his <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 7 gregory further shows.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/true_greatness.htm"><span class="l">True Greatness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> If your aims are small you will never be great; and if your highest aims are but<br> to get a good <b>slice</b> of this world's pudding"no matter what powers God may <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/true greatness.htm</font><p><a href="/library/byrum/how_john_became_a_man/chapter_iii_what_the_big.htm"><span class="l">What the Big Chest Contained</span></a> <br><b>...</b> This, a pile of long brown strips, or plugs, of tobacco, was what they wanted; and<br> soon Will was busily engaged in cutting a narrow <b>slice</b> from each plug and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/byrum/how john became a man/chapter iii what the big.htm</font><p><a href="/library/stalker/the_trial_and_death_of_jesus_christ/chapter_ix_judas_iscariot.htm"><span class="l">Judas Iscariot</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It was a large sum, off which he could have taken an unusually large <b>slice</b> of booty.<br> But probably there was more in the occasion to incense Judas. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter ix judas iscariot.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_vii_athor_the_golden.htm"><span class="l">Athor, the Golden</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Pausing long enough to eat a thin <b>slice</b> of white bread and gazelle-meat, and to<br> drink a draft from the porous and ever cooling water bottle, he turned to the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter vii athor the golden.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/slice.htm"><span class="l"><b>Slice</b> (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a <b>slice</b> of bacon; a <b>slice</b> of cheese; a<br><b>slice</b> of bread. 2. (vt) That which is thin and broad, like a <b>slice</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/slice.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/collop.htm"><span class="l">Collop</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A small <b>slice</b> of meat; a piece of flesh. 2. (n.)<br> A part or piece of anything; a portion. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/collop.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/offer.htm"><span class="l">Offer (403 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV). Luke 11:11 And what father is there among you,<br> who, if his son asks for a <b>slice</b> of bread, will offer him a stone? <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/offer.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/olive.htm"><span class="l">Olive (61 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (n.) An olivary body. See under Olivary. 8. (n.) A small <b>slice</b> of meat<br> seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/olive.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/temples.htm"><span class="l">Temples (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In Songs 4:3; Songs 6:7, the bride's cheeks are likened to pomegranates because<br> of the rich coloring of a <b>slice</b> of this fruit. TEMPLES, ROBBERS OF. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/temples.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rash.htm"><span class="l">Rash (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To pull off or pluck violently. 2. (vt)<br> To slash; to hack; to cut; to <b>slice</b>. 3. (n.) A fine eruption <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rash.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/melons.htm"><span class="l">Melons (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> "A traveller in the East who recollects the intense gratitude which a gift of a<br><b>slice</b> of melon inspired while journeying over the hot and dry plains, will <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/melons.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/ploughshare.htm"><span class="l">Ploughshare (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the<br><b>slice</b> of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/ploughshare.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pan.htm"><span class="l">Pan (26 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> offering. The "iron pan" mentioned in Ezek. 4:3 (marg., "flat plate " or "<b>slice</b>")<br> was probably a mere plate of iron used for baking. The <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pan.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/chop.htm"><span class="l">Chop (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 14. (n.) The act of chopping; a stroke. 15. (n.) A piece chopped off; a <b>slice</b> or<br> small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop. 16. (n.) A crack or cleft. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/chop.htm - 10k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/iron-sharpens-iron.html">What does it mean that iron sharpens iron? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Hanbali-Islam.html">What is Hanbali Islam? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/slice.htm">Slice: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Slice (4 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-11.htm">Luke 11:11</a></span><br />And what father is there among you, who, if his son asks for a <span class="boldtext">slice</span> of bread, will offer him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish offer him a snake?<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/4-3.htm">Song of Songs 4:3</a></span><br />Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/6-7.htm">Song of Songs 6:7</a></span><br />Like pomegranate fruit are the sides of your head under your veil. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Isaiah 9:20</a></span><br />On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/slice.htm">Slice</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/slice.htm">Slice (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/papyrus.htm">Papyrus (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/slidden.htm">Slidden (5 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/slewest.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Slewest"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Slewest" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/sliced.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Sliced"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Sliced" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>