Rye (Spelt, R. V.)

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

A small grain grown in Egypt

• Exodus 9:32 but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)

Cultivated in Canaan

• Isaiah 28:25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.

Used to make bread

• Ezekiel 4:9 But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.