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What the Bible Says About Cooking

Overview

The Bible addresses cooking across 6 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Ezekiel. Closely related themes include Trespass Offering.

Key Bible verses about cooking

Old Testament

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 46:19

After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.

Ezekiel 46:20

Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

Ezekiel 46:21

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. in every: Heb. a court in a corner of a court, and a court in a corner of a court

Ezekiel 46:22

In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure. joined: or, made with chimneys corners were: Heb. cornered, etc

Ezekiel 46:23

And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.

Ezekiel 46:24

Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying cooking for yourself

  • Begin with Ezekiel 46:19, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Trespass Offering.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about cooking?

The Bible addresses cooking across 6 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Ezekiel. Closely related themes include Trespass Offering.

How many Bible verses are about cooking?

The Bible references cooking in 6 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention cooking?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Ezekiel 46:19: “After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.”

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