Joshua 5:11

of the old corn Rather, of the produce of the land. "And thei eten of the fruytis of the lond in the tothir day, therf looues, and potage of the same зeer, etin cornys seengid and frotid in the hond." Wyclif. It could not have been other than the new corn just ripening at the season of the Passover (Leviticus 23:11), not "the old corn," of which no sufficient supply could have been procurable.

on the morrow after the passover In Numbers 33:3 these words denote the 15th of Nisan. Here, however, they must apparently mean the 16th. For the people could not lawfully eat of the new corn, till the firstfruits had been "waved before the Lord," which was done "on the morrow after the Sabbath," i.e. the morrow after the first day of unleavened bread; this, though not necessarily the seventh day of the week, was to be observed as a Sabbath, and therefore is so called. (Comp. Leviticus 23:7; Leviticus 23:11; Leviticus 23:14.)

unleavened cakes according to the requirements of the Law, Exodus 12:8; Exodus 12:15.

parched corn i.e. roasted harvest ears.