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In ancient times, the duty of preparing bread was usually given to the females or the slaves of the family (Genesis 18:6; Leviticus 26:26; 1 Samuel 8:13); but in a later period we find a class of public bakers mentioned (Hos. 7:4, 6; Jeremiah 37:21).

The bread was generally in the form of long or round cakes (Exodus 29:23; 1 Samuel 2:36), thin and easily broken (Isaiah 58:7; Matthew 14:19; 26:26; Acts 20:11). Common ovens were generally used; at other times a jar was half-filled with hot pebbles, and the dough was spread over them. Hence, we read of “cakes baken on the coals” (1 Kings 19:6), and “baken in the oven” (Leviticus 2:4).

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