Exodus 28:21
twelve.9-11according to the twelve.1Ki 18:31; Lu 22:30; Jas 1:1; Re 7:4-8; 21:12Leviticus 24:5
The loaves of bread which the officiating priest placed every sabbath day upon the golden table in the Sanctum, before the Lord, were twelve in number, representing the twelve tribes of Israel. The loaves must have been large, since two tenth deals (about six pints) of flour were used for each, Le 24:3, 6, 7. They were served up hot on the sabbath day in the Sanctum, when the stale ones, which had been exposed the whole week, were taken away, and none but the priests were allowed to eat them. In an extraordinary extremity, David and his men partook of the shew-bread, (see 1 Sa 21:6,) the urgent necessity alone justifying the act. The Hebrew signifies bread of faces, or, of the face. SeeEx 25:30; 40:23; 1Ki 18:31; 1Sa 21:4,5; Mt 12:4; Ac 26:7; Jas 1:1Numbers 17:2
a rod.The word {matteh} signifies a staff, or sceptre, which the prince or chief of each tribe bore, and which was the sign of office or royalty among almost all the people of the earth. all their princes.1:5-16; 2:3-30; 10:14-27twelve rods.Ge 49:10; Ex 4:2,17; Ps 110:2; 125:3; Eze 19:14; 21:10,13Eze 37:16-20; Mic 7:14Joshua 4:2-3
twelve men.3:12; Nu 1:4-15; 13:2; 34:18; De 1:23; 1Ki 18:31; Mt 10:1-5 the priest's fees.3:13twelve stones.24:27; Ge 28:22; De 27:1-26; 1Sa 7:12; Ps 103:2; 11:4; Lu 19:40leave them.8,19,20Joshua 4:8-9
did so as Joshua.2-5; 1:16-18 set up twelve.Ex 24:12; 28:21; 1Ki 18:31; Ps 111:2-4and they are there.These words might be written by Joshua at the close of his life, or perhaps be added by some later prophet. It seems from this verse, that there were two sorts of stones erected as a memorial of this great event: twelve at Gilgal (ver. 20,) and twelve in the bed of the Jordan; which last might have been placed on a base of strong stone work, so high as always to be visible, and serve to mark the very spot where the priests stood with the ark. Drs. Kennicott and Shuckford, however, would read here with the Syriac, {mittoch,} "from the midst," instead of {bethoch,} "in the midst;" and render, "And Joshua took up the twelve stones (taken) from the midst of Jordan," etc. But this reading is unsupported by any MS. yet collated; and it appears wholly unnecessary. Ge 26:33; De 34:6; Jud 1:26; 1Sa 30:25; 2Sa 4:3; 2Ch 5:9; Mt 27:8Mt 28:15Joshua 4:20
3,81 Kings 11:30
rent it.1Sa 15:27,28; 24:4,5Ezra 6:17
offered.8:35; Nu 7:2-89; 1Ki 8:63,64; 1Ch 16:1-3; 2Ch 7:5; 29:31-35a sin offering.Le 4:3,13,14,22,23,28; 2Ch 29:21-23according to.Though the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, with the priests and Levites, formed the bulk of the people, yet many from the other tribes had returned with them from captivity. 1Ki 18:31; Lu 22:30; Re 7:4-8; 21:12
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