The ScriptureFoods Blog
Biblical food, counted and explained — from the makers of the foods database.
- History
A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey: What It Actually Means
‘Flowing with milk and honey’ appears eight times in the King James Version. Where it comes from, what each word meant, and the honest debate over honey.
August 23, 2026 · 5 min read
- Data
The Seven Species of the Promised Land, Explained
Wheat, barley, vines, figs, pomegranates, olive oil, and honey — Deuteronomy 8:8’s seven species, with a verse count and one key story for each.
August 22, 2026 · 5 min read
- History
Did John the Baptist Really Eat Locusts?
Locusts were not a desperate meal — Leviticus 11:22 permitted them by name. What Matthew 3:4 says, and the minority view that it may mean carob pods.
August 21, 2026 · 5 min read
- Clean & unclean
Clean and Unclean Foods in the Bible: The Complete List
The six Leviticus 11 rules behind every clean and unclean food, from hoofed animals to leaping insects, with the swine and hare facts most lists get wrong.
August 20, 2026 · 5 min read
- History
What Did Jesus Eat? Every Food the Gospels Mention
Bread, fish, wine, a passover lamb, honeycomb — what the Gospels show Jesus eating, plus the one he went looking for and never got.
August 19, 2026 · 5 min read
- Data
The 7 Most Mentioned Foods in the Bible — Counted Verse by Verse
Water beats bread and ox outranks wine. The Bible’s most mentioned foods, counted verse by verse, with the honest method behind the numbers explained.
August 18, 2026 · 5 min read
- Practice
The Daniel Fast Food List: What ‘Pulse and Water’ Really Means
Daniel 1:12 says pulse and water, not a 21-day plan. What Scripture describes in Daniel 1 and 10, and how the Daniel Fast food list was built from it.
August 17, 2026 · 5 min read
- Clean & unclean
Is Shrimp Unclean in the Bible? What Leviticus 11 Actually Says
Leviticus 11 never names shrimp or crab — it disqualifies them by a fins-and-scales rule instead. What the text says, and both New Testament readings.
August 16, 2026 · 5 min read