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Oven
        The eastern oven is of two kinds --fixed and portable. The former is found only in towns, where regular bakers are employed. Ho 7:4 The latter ia adapted to the nomad state, it consists of a large jar made of clay, about three feet high and widening toward the bottom, with a hole for the extraction of the ashes. Each household possessed such an article, Ex 8:3 and it was only in times of extreme dearth that the same oven sufficed for several families. Le 26:26 It was heated with dry twigs and grass, Mt 6:30 and the loaves were placed both inside and outside of it.


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'oven' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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