Mint Spices and Herbs
Mint is mentioned twice in the Bible. Matthew 23:23 and Luke 11:42. The mint is a kind of small odoriferous herb, with which the Jews used to scatter on the floors of their houses and synagogues.
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Garlic Seasonings, Spices and Herbs
Garlic or garlick was part of the food the Israelites ate while they were enslaved to work on the building of the Pyramids. Garlic is used in cooking and is often eaten raw on slices of bread.
Cummin Herb
Cummin is a garden herb that is related to carrots. Cummin is an aromatic bitter seed that has been used since Biblical times to season food. Cummin was revealed by Isaiah in the Old Testament teaching about wisdom. Jesus Christ condemned the Scribes and Pharisees who were "zealous in paying tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the Law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave…
Coriander Spice
Coriander seed is mentioned twice in the Old Testament. This is because of its earthly similarity to the heaven bestowed manna. This herb is an annual and of the parsley family, common in Palestine and Syria. It has a tall stalk with small white flowers. The plant emits a disagreeable odor. The seeds are globular, light gray in color and their aromatic flavor is prized in seasoning and cooking. They also have medicinal properties.
Cinnamon Spices
Cinnamon is a member of the laurel family. The bark is used because it produces oil. Quills of spines of the bark and the ground inner rind of the bark are used for sweetening food. Cinnamon oil was treasured as a precious perfume and spice.
Olive/Olive Oil
The Olive is an important food in Israel and a source of oil. Olives was one of the blessings of the Promised Land. Olive oil was used to burn in lamps. It was also used as a holy anointing oil and also to anoint kings and full of goodness. Olive tree and olives were used symbolically. It has been used as an emblem of peace and reconciliation and a symbol of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Locust
The locust are one of the few insects mentioned as a clean or allowed source of food. Locusts were fried in flour or honey, or were preserved by being dried. Locusts and wild honey a basic diet in the wilderness for John the Baptist. Locust are a used as an illustration of the judgment of the LORD God against a rebellious nation. Locusts are ravenous at all three stages of their development-a larval stage in which wingless locusts hop like…
Honey
Honey used as a sweet savor for the disobedient. Honey was used as a food for eating. Honey was used to describe the land the LORD had given flowing with milk and honey. Honey used also used symbolically.
Egg
Eggs are mentioned in a law that allows for taking the young birds but not the mother; it is significant that the taking of the eggs is not mentioned. It has been suggested that the egg is of a serpent and is figurative of the schemes of evil men.
Sycamore/ Sycomore Fruit
The prophet Amos was a gatherer of sycomore fruit. The tree could be destroyed with frost and the poor people used its wood rather than cedar. Sycamore/ Sycomore fruit is only mentioned in Amos as being a gatherer. The trees were destroyed with frost even though they grow in abundance.