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Pulse

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: P By: James P. Boyd

Daniel 1:12‑16

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(pottage). Peas, beans, lentils, and so forth, and, in a Hebrew sense, perhaps the cereals (Dan. 1:12-16¹²Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. ¹³Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. ¹⁴So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. ¹⁵And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. ¹⁶Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. (Daniel 1:12‑16)).

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