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# five bread loaves of barley
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"Five loaves of barley bread." Barley was a common grain.
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# loaves
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Loaves of bread are lumps of dough that are shaped and baked. These were probably small dense, round loaves.
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# what are these among so many?
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This remark appears in the form of a question to emphasize that they do not have enough food to feed everyone. Alternate translation: "these few loaves and fishes are not enough to feed so many people!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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