to deal. to break. The technical term for giving or partaking of food, as in Luke 24:30; Luke 24:35.Acts 2:42; Acts 2:46; Acts 20:7; Acts 20:11. Act 27:36. 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:24. Compare Job 42:11.Lamentations 4:4.Ezekiel 18:7; Ezekiel 24:17; Hosea 9:4.
bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), for all kinds of food.
poor. Hebrew. 'anah. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
hide not. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "do not thou hide".
thine own flesh. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 29:14).