Brau\u00f0 hefur alltaf veri\u00f0 eitt helsta vi\u00f0urv\u00e6ri mannkynsins (1M\u00f3s 3.19). Eiginkonur og d\u00e6tur b\u00f6ku\u00f0u brau\u00f0 heima. (1M\u00f3s 18.6; 2Sam 13.7-10). Venjulega var brau\u00f0 baka\u00f0 daglega, en \u00fear e\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 geymdist s\u00f3larhringum saman m\u00e1tti vel hafa \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed nesti (1.M\u00f3s 45.23). Brau\u00f0 var og bori\u00f0 \u00e1 bor\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0komumenn (1M\u00f3s 14.18). \u00deegar f\u00f3lki\u00f0 \u00f3hl\u00fd\u00f0na\u00f0ist Gu\u00f0i h\u00f3ta\u00f0i hann \u00feeirri refsingu a\u00f0 teki\u00f0 yr\u00f0i af \u00fev\u00ed brau\u00f0i\u00f0 (3M\u00f3s 26.23-26).<\/p>\n
Algengast var flatbrau\u00f0, baka\u00f0 \u00e1 hellum e\u00f0a p\u00f6nnum. \u00c1 bor\u00f0 \u00ed „Hinu heilaga“ \u00ed musterinu voru l\u00f6g\u00f0 12 \u00f3s\u00fdr\u00f0 brau\u00f0, st\u00e6rri og \u00feykkri en venjulegt brau\u00f0, \u00feeim f\u00f3rna\u00f0 Gu\u00f0i og k\u00f6llu\u00f0 sko\u00f0unarbrau\u00f0. Prestar einir m\u00e1ttu neyta \u00feessa brau\u00f0s, en prestur gaf \u00fea\u00f0 eitt sinn Dav\u00ed\u00f0 og m\u00f6nnum hans, \u00feegar \u00fe\u00e1 hungra\u00f0i (1Sam 21.1-6). \u00deegar \u00cdsraelsmenn voru \u00ed ey\u00f0im\u00f6rkinni \u00e1 lei\u00f0 fr\u00e1 Egyptalandi til fyrirheitna landsins, s\u00e1 Gu\u00f0 \u00feeim fyrir brau\u00f0i. \u00deeir nefndu \u00feetta brau\u00f0 manna<\/em>sem \u00e1 hebresku \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir „hva\u00f0 er \u00feetta?“ \u00deetta brau\u00f0 er l\u00edka kalla\u00f0 „brau\u00f0 af himni“ (2M\u00f3s 16.4).<\/p>\n Af fornum b\u00f3krollum, hinum svonefndu Dau\u00f0ahafshandritum, sem fundust sk\u00f6mmu fyrir mi\u00f0ja 20. \u00f6ld, s\u00e9st a\u00f0 Gy\u00f0ingar \u00ed Qumran neyttu saman brau\u00f0s og v\u00edns. Undir bor\u00f0um f\u00f6gnu\u00f0u \u00feeir g\u00f3\u00f0\u00e6ri og velfer\u00f0 og horf\u00f0u jafnframt me\u00f0 tilhl\u00f6kkun fram til \u00feess dags \u00feegar Gu\u00f0 b\u00e6ri siguror\u00f0 af \u00f3vinum \u00feeirra og sendi Mess\u00edas \u00ed heiminn. L\u00e6risveinar Jes\u00fa tr\u00fa\u00f0u \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hann v\u00e6ri Mess\u00edas, hinn \u00fatvaldi Drottins og brau\u00f0 l\u00edfsins (J\u00f3h 6.32-35). Jes\u00fas kenndi \u00feeim a\u00f0 bi\u00f0ja Gu\u00f0 um daglegt brau\u00f0 (L\u00fak 9.3). Eftir a\u00f0 hann var stiginn upp til himna h\u00e9ldu l\u00e6risveinar hans \u00e1fram a\u00f0 r\u00e6kja hi\u00f0 n\u00fdja samf\u00e9lag, koma saman til m\u00e1lt\u00ed\u00f0a og „brj\u00f3ta brau\u00f0i\u00f0“ (Post 2.42-46), sem Jes\u00fas nefndi l\u00edkama sinn (1Kor 11.25,26; Mrk 14.22-25).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"