reason for asking provision: And now if there be within thy reach five loaves of bread, give it me, or whatever may be at hand.—5. The priest’s objection to giving what bread he has, is: There is no common bread within my reach, though there is sacred bread] the latter, being consecrated, must be handled by consecrated persons only. This did not originally mean that only the priests could eat it. Like the sacrifices, it could probably be eaten by worshippers duly prepared liturgically. As a safeguard,