1 Kings 17:14

barrel of meal. Figure of speech Hypallage (App-6). meal in the barrel.

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The barrel, &c. — The meal of the barrel So the cruse of oil for the oil of the cruse.

¹⁴ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendethd rain upon the earth.

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1 Kings 17:14