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ACROSS
1. The Bride likens her Beloved to this tree in Song of Solomon (2 wds).
7. Among the foodstuffs that Abigail prepared for David and his men were 200 cakes of this fruit.
10. The Bride likens herself to this flower (3 wds).
11. In the wilderness, the Israelites missed this herb they enjoyed in Egypt.
12. In one of the parables, the Lord spoke of enemies who came and planted this among good seed.
14. One of the ingredients for the holy anointing oil for the tabernacle came from this tree.
16. Rahab hid spies under stalks of this.
17. God told Ezekiel to prepare a bread with this grain as an ingredient.
18. The Bridegroom compares the Bride to this beautiful flower among thorns.
20. We are told not to muzzle the ox that treads out this.
22. These were among the presents Joseph's brothers took to him in Egypt.
23. The subject of one of the parables, referred to as "less than all the seeds that be in the earth" (2 wds).
24. God prepared this to be a shadow over Jonah's head.
25. A branch of this fruit of Canaan was so heavy that it had to be carried on a staff by two men.

DOWN
2. This is a fruit that the Israelites reminisced about enjoying in Egypt.
3. Ahab wanted Naboth's vineyard to turn it into a garden of these.
4. Esau gave up his birthright for a pottage of these.
5. Among Abigail's gift to David and his men were 100 clusters of these.
6. The manna was like this seed.
8. Zacchaeus' lookout post (2 wds).
9. Ruth arrived in Bethlehem during this harvest.
13. A fruit the Israelites longed for.
14. The prophet Isaiah described Zion as a lodge in this kind of garden.
15. Aaron's rod budded, bloomed and brought forth these.
19. In their discontent, the Israelites also pined for these.
21. Gideon was threshing this when an angel appeared unto him.

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