{"id":31676,"date":"2025-04-18T13:05:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=31676"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:21:12","slug":"cucumbers-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/cucumbers-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Staan komkommers in de Bijbel? Ja, in Numeri 11:5 en Jesaja 1:8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. In Numbers 11:5 the Israelites in the wilderness remember the cucumbers they ate in Egypt, and in Isaiah 1:8 Jerusalem is left alone &quot;like a lodge in a cucumber field.&quot; The Hebrew word probably meant a long, pale melon, the chate melon, rather than the cucumber sold today. It is a strange thing to be homesick for. The people remembered the fish of Egypt &quot;that cost nothing,&quot; and the cucumbers, leeks and garlic, and forgot that they had eaten\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. Numbers 11:5 and Isaiah 1:8 name cucumbers, though the Hebrew word probably meant a long melon, the chate melon, not today&#039;s cucumber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-31676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22033,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/are-ducks-mentioned-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":31676,"position":0},"title":"Ducks Are Not in the Bible \u2014 but the Quail Is, Twice","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"januari 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Ducks are not in the Bible. 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