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Oven
        Heb. tannur, (Hos. 7:4). In towns there appear to have been
        public ovens. There was a street in Jerusalem (Jer. 37:21)
        called "bakers' street" (the only case in which the name of a
        street in Jerusalem is preserved). The words "tower of the
        furnaces" (Neh. 3:11; 12:38) is more properly "tower of the
        ovens" (Heb. tannurim). These resemble the ovens in use among
        ourselves.
        There were other private ovens of different kinds. Some were
        like large jars made of earthenware or copper, which were heated
        inside with wood (1 Kings 17:12; Isa. 44:15; Jer. 7:18) or grass
        (Matt. 6:30), and when the fire had burned out, small pieces of
        dough were placed inside or spread in thin layers on the
        outside, and were thus baked. (See FURNACE ¯T0001398.)
        Pits were also formed for the same purposes, and lined with
        cement. These were used after the same manner.
        Heated stones, or sand heated by a fire heaped over it, and
        also flat irons pans, all served as ovens for the preparation of
        bread. (See Gen. 18:6; 1 Kings 19:6.)
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Oven' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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