DAILY, WEEKEND, AND HOLIDAY INTERNET EVANGELIZE TO THE WORLD MINISTRY

Oil Press ‎Oil is extracted from the olives by pressing. They had to be crushed under considerable weight. There were different kinds of olive press, but the basic idea was to roll a heavy stone over the olives. This kind of press is pictured at the bottom: Persons or animals moved a smaller stone in which a long pole was inserted over a large cylindrical stone. Another method to press olives is illustrated at the top: The olives were put into special baskets that were placed under a log anchored in a wall. The long log had heavy stones attached and acted as a kind of fulcrum on the olives. The fulcrum produced weight on the olives—or on the tiny bags with the pulp and seeds that resulted from crashing the olives -, squeezing the oil out. ‎1 Kings 5:11 ; Job 24:11

Oil press ‎Oil is extracted from the olives by pressing. They had to be crushed under considerable weight. There were different kinds of olive press, but the basic idea was to roll a heavy stone over the olives. This kind of press is pictured at the bottom: Persons or animals moved a smaller stone in which a long pole was inserted over a large cylindrical stone. Another method to press olives is illustrated at the top: The olives were put into special baskets that were placed under a log anchored in a wall. The long log had heavy stones attached and acted as a kind of fulcrum on the olives. The fulcrum produced weight on the olives—or on the tiny bags with the pulp and seeds that resulted from crashing the olives -, squeezing the oil out. ‎ 1 Kings 5:11 ; Job 24:11