Matthew 13:33

May 17, 2011 05:33 AM commentaries up to Scofield

<a href="http://bible.cc/matthew/13-33.htm" >33</a>Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

<a href="http://gill.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a>

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<li>The measure here designed, is the Hebrew seah, which held a gallon and an half, and three of these made an ephah; and which is often rendered by the (a) Targumists, , "three seahs", or "measures", the very phrase here used; and the reason why three are particularly mentioned is, because such a quantity used to be fermented and kneaded by women at one time; see <a href="http://bible.cc/genesis/18-6.htm" >Genesis 18:6</a> and for the further illustration of this, take the following passage out of the Talmud (b),</li>

<li>"The wise men say, that three women may be employed in one lump of dough; one may knead it, another may make it into loaves, and another may bake it--and it is a tradition,</li>

<li>"that in wheat they use three kabs", or "measures", and in barley four "kabs".</li>

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<a href="http://sco.biblecommenter.com/matthew/13.htm" >Scofield Reference Notes</a>

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<li>Scofield's requirement, that leaven MUST be interpreted as something negative, is BUNK.</li>

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