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However, the concept of forks can be understood through the broader context of tools and utensils used in biblical times, particularly in relation to sacrifices and offerings.<br><br><b>Biblical Context and Usage</b><br><br>1. <b>Sacrificial Implements</b>: In the Old Testament, particularly in the books of Leviticus and Numbers, various tools were used in the sacrificial system established by God for the Israelites. While the term "fork" is not explicitly used, similar implements such as flesh hooks are mentioned. For example, in <a href="/1_samuel/2-13.htm">1 Samuel 2:13-14</a>, the sons of Eli used a three-pronged fork to take meat from the sacrificial pot: "Now it was the custom of the priests with the people that whenever any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat was boiling, and plunge it into the pan, kettle, cauldron, or pot. Whatever the fork brought up, the priest would take for himself. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh."<br><br>2. <b>Symbolism and Significance</b>: The use of a fork or similar implement in the sacrificial process highlights the importance of order and procedure in worship. The priests were given specific portions of the sacrifices, and the use of tools like forks ensured that these portions were obtained according to the established guidelines. This reflects the broader biblical theme of obedience to God's commands and the proper conduct of worship.<br><br>3. <b>Cultural and Historical Context</b>: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, tools resembling forks were likely used for various purposes, including cooking and serving food. The biblical references to similar implements suggest that the Israelites were familiar with such tools and incorporated them into their religious practices. This cultural context helps us understand the practical aspects of worship in ancient Israel.<br><br>4. <b>Metaphorical Use</b>: While not directly related to the physical implement, the concept of a "fork" can also be metaphorically understood in the Bible as a point of decision or choice. For instance, in <a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13-14</a>, Jesus speaks of the narrow and wide gates, symbolizing the choice between the path leading to life and the path leading to destruction: "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it." This metaphorical "fork in the road" emphasizes the importance of choosing the path of righteousness.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>While the specific term "forks" is not prevalent in the biblical text, the concept is present through related tools and metaphorical language. Understanding the use and symbolism of such implements provides insight into the religious practices and cultural context of the biblical world.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7053.htm"><span class="l">7053. qilleshon -- perhaps fine point</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7052, 7053. qilleshon. 7054 . perhaps fine point. Transliteration: qilleshon<br> Phonetic Spelling: (kil-lesh-one') Short Definition: <b>forks</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7053.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4207b.htm"><span class="l">4207b. mizlagah -- an implement used in offering sacrifices</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4207a, 4207b. mizlagah. 4208 . an implement used in offering sacrifices.<br> Transliteration: mizlagah Short Definition: <b>forks</b>. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4207b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm"><span class="l">7969. shalosh -- a three, triad</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2), 392* (2), 42,360* (2), 43,730* (1), 53,400* (3), 59,300* (2), 603,550* (2),<br> 623* (1), 64,300* (1), 7,337* (2), 743* (2), 973* (2), <b>forks</b>* (1), oftentimes <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7969.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/williamson/have_we_no_rights/chapter_10_the_right_to.htm"><span class="l">The Right to Feel Superior</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In fact, they always give us knives and <b>forks</b> unless we especially ask for<br> chopsticks. <b>...</b> Chopsticks, or knives and <b>forks</b>"which are best? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/williamson/have we no rights/chapter 10 the right to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/personal_friendships_of_jesus/chapter_xv_jesus_as_a.htm"><span class="l">Jesus as a Friend.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> One writes:". "If you could go back to the <b>forks</b> of the road" Back the long miles<br> you have carried the load; Back to the place where you had to decide By <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../miller/personal friendships of jesus/chapter xv jesus as a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_power/the_price_of_power.htm"><span class="l">The Price of Power.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Battle of the <b>Forks</b>. Here is a forking of the road. <b>...</b> Please take another frank<br> look. Lock-Step. These two <b>forks</b> differ radically. They differ in direction. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on power/the price of power.htm</font><p><a href="/library/williamson/have_we_no_rights/chapter_2_the_right_to.htm"><span class="l">The Right to what I Consider a Normal Standard of Living</span></a> <br><b>...</b> we missionaries sleep on spring beds, or those made of boards (I prefer the latter<br> myself!), whether we eat with chopsticks, or fingers, or <b>forks</b>; whether we <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/williamson/have we no rights/chapter 2 the right to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/the_good_shepherd/chapter_iii_the_boyhood_of.htm"><span class="l">The Boyhood of Jesus</span></a> <br><b>...</b> their hands. People in Palestine would not know what to do with tables<br> and chairs, and knives and <b>forks</b>, like ours. The streets <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/the good shepherd/chapter iii the boyhood of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cole/trials_and_triumphs_of_faith/chapter_xxi_camp-meetings_in_various.htm"><span class="l">Camp-Meetings in Various States</span></a> <br><b>...</b> While at a camp-meeting at Grand <b>Forks</b>, N. Dakota, I received an invitation to<br> attend a meeting at Hammond, Louisiana, about 1,500 miles south. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xxi camp-meetings in various.htm</font><p><a href="/library/richardson/early_christian_fathers/introduction_2.htm"><span class="l">Introduction</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Asia Minor, and thence to Rome. Where the way <b>forks</b> at Laodicea, the northern<br> road is chosen. He halts at Philadelphia, and then <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/richardson/early christian fathers/introduction 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/cxix_judas_betrayal_and_peters.htm"><span class="l">Judas' Betrayal and Peter's Denial Foretold.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> [According to Oriental custom, knives and <b>forks</b> were not used. One dish served to<br> hold the sop for several people, that they might dip their bread into it. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cxix judas betrayal and peters.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/4_pellonia_is_a_goddess.htm"><span class="l">Pellonia is a Goddess Mighty to Drive Back Enemies. ...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and where, I pray you, was this goddess Pellonia long ago, when the national<br> honour was brought under the yoke at the Caudine <b>Forks</b>? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/4 pellonia is a goddess.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/fathers_of_the_third_century_tertullian_appendix/2_a_strain_of_sodom.htm"><span class="l">A Strain of Sodom.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And rushes at one speed through countless streams. Of rivers, if, just where it<br> <b>forks</b>, some tree. Meets the swift waves (not long to stand, save while. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../fathers of the third century tertullian appendix/2 a strain of sodom.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/forks.htm"><span class="l"><b>Forks</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Forks</b> (6 Occurrences). <b>...</b> (DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV). Exodus 38:3 He made all the vessels<br> of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the <b>forks</b>, and the fire pans. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/forks.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bowls.htm"><span class="l">Bowls (47 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 27:3 And thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels,<br> and its bowls, and its <b>forks</b>, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bowls.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fork.htm"><span class="l">Fork (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (n.) The gibbet. 6. (vi) To shoot into blades, as corn. 7. (vi) To divide into<br> two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream <b>forks</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fork.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/utensils.htm"><span class="l">Utensils (72 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 27:3 And thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels,<br> and its bowls, and its <b>forks</b>, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/utensils.htm - 28k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pails.htm"><span class="l">Pails (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NAS). Exodus 38:3 He made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels,<br> the basins, the <b>forks</b>, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of brass. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pails.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pots.htm"><span class="l">Pots (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV NIV). Exodus 38:3 He made all the vessels of the altar,<br> the pots, the shovels, the basins, the <b>forks</b>, and the fire pans. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pots.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/basins.htm"><span class="l">Basins (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (BBE). Exodus 38:3 He made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels,<br> the basins, the <b>forks</b>, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of brass. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/basins.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shovels.htm"><span class="l">Shovels (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Exodus 38:3 He made all the vessels of<br> the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the <b>forks</b>, and the fire pans. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shovels.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/copper.htm"><span class="l">Copper (55 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 27:3 And thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels,<br> and its bowls, and its <b>forks</b>, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/copper.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sprinkling.htm"><span class="l">Sprinkling (48 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 38:3 and he maketh all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels,<br> and the sprinkling-pans, the <b>forks</b>, and the fire-pans; all its vessels he <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sprinkling.htm - 29k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/threshing-floor.html">What is a threshing floor? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/encouraging-Bible-verses.html">What are some encouraging Bible verses? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/forks.htm">Forks: 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">Forks (6 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3</a></span><br />And thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its <span class="boldtext">forks</span>, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Exodus 38:3</a></span><br />He made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the <span class="boldtext">forks</span>, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of brass.<br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/4-14.htm">Numbers 4:14</a></span><br />and they shall put upon it all the utensils thereof, wherewith they perform service about it: the firepans, the <span class="boldtext">forks</span>, and the shovels, and the bowls, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skin, and put its staves to it.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-21.htm">1 Samuel 13:21</a></span><br />yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the <span class="boldtext">forks</span>, and for the axes, and to set the goads.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-17.htm">1 Chronicles 28:17</a></span><br />and the <span class="boldtext">forks</span>, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl;<br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-16.htm">2 Chronicles 4:16</a></span><br />The pots also, and the shovels, and the <span class="boldtext">forks</span>, and all its vessels, did Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house of Yahweh of bright brass.<br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/f/forks.htm">Forks</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/forks.htm">Forks (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/endeavor.htm">Endeavor (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/desolate.htm">Desolate (189 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/barefoot.htm">Barefoot (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul (371 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jehoiakim.htm">Jehoiakim (37 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/form.htm">Form (153 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jehovah.htm">Jehovah (20094 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/y/yahweh.htm">Yahweh (6653 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/servant.htm">Servant (738 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lord.htm">Lord (59401 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/f/fork--an_agricultural_implement.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Fork: An Agricultural Implement"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Fork: An Agricultural Implement" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/f/forlorn.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Forlorn"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Forlorn" /></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>