No, lemons are not mentioned in the Bible. The lemon, like every citrus fruit, came from Southeast Asia, and it reached the Mediterranean only in Roman times, as a luxury in rich men’s gardens. An older relative, the citron, did reach Judea about five centuries before Christ, and Jews carry it at the Feast of Tabernacles. The fruits Scripture loves are the fruits of the land God promised. Moses describes it to a people who had eaten manna for forty…

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