Drink @ The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer. To drink water by measure Ezekiel:4:11), and to buy water to drink Lamentations:5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter. The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of Leviticus:11:20Leviticus:11:23, 41, 42. (See Matthew:23:24. "Strain at" should be "strain out.")
Drink-offering @ consisted of wine Numbers:15:5; Hosea:9:4) poured around the altar Exodus:30:9). Joined with meat-offerings Numbers:6:15-17; 2Kings:16:13; Joel:1:9Joel:1:13Joel:2:14), presented daily Exodus:29:40), on the Sabbath Numbers:28:9), and on feast-days (28:14). One-fourth of an hin of wine was required for one lamb, one-third for a ram, and one-half for a bullock Numbers:15:5Numbers:28:7Numbers:28:14). "Drink offerings of blood" Psalms:16:4) is used in allusion to the heathen practice of mingling the blood of animals sacrificed with wine or water, and pouring out the mixture in the worship of the gods, and the idea conveyed is that the psalmist would not partake of the abominations of the heathen.
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