It meant eating meat and bread carried to him by ravens ​ — carrion - eating birds deemed unclean in the Mosaic Law — ​ and trusting in Jehovah that such meat was not carrion but meat that had been properly bled according to law.
See tähendas kaarnate toodud liha ja leiva söömist — raipesööjaid linde peeti Moosese Seaduse järgi ebapuhtaks — ja lootmist Jehoovale, et see liha polnud raibe, vaid liha, millest vastavalt seadusele oli veri korralikult välja lastud.