The verses below tell of grain foods sold to the Ammonites and Minnith was their town during the time of Jephthah. Minnith was famous for its wheat. Pannag is a type of millet that has a heavy head of edible seeds. The related Latin word is panis which means bread. Pannag seeds are hard and very white. They make quality flour. Ezekiel received an order from the Lord God to make bread and mix together wheat, beans, lentils, barley and pannag. This combination was moistened with camel's milk, oil or butter. It was the main food of the common people and Ezekiel too was forced to survive on this unpalatable food during the siege and famine. (Ezekiel 4:9)
The name "dochan" is given to the pannag because of its remarkable fruitfulness. One stalk can bear a thousand grains. It is known as "Turkish millet," and in Spain, Italy and the rest of southern Europe, is grown extensively for food to take the place of oats and barley.
Ezekiel 27:17 (KJV) Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
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