Onions
VEGETABLE
Plant food — the dietary laws of Leviticus 11 concern animals
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 1 verse (KJV)
Vegetable
Description
Onions were a cheap, everyday staple of the Egyptian diet, cultivated along the Nile in enormous quantities. The Israelites remembered them fondly once they were gone, one more comfort of Egypt missing from their wilderness rations.
Key verses
“We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:”
Numbers 11:5
All 1 referencesshow
- Numbers 11:5