Exodus 35:13
25:23-30; 37:10-16; Le 24:5,6 Exodus 39:36
the shewbread.25:30; 1Ki 7:48 Leviticus 24:5-6
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 1:1 in two rows.1Co 14:40pure.Ex 25:23,24; 37:10-16; 39:36; 40:22,23; 1Ki 7:48; 2Ch 4:19; 13:11Heb 9:2 Numbers 4:7
the table.Ex 25:23-30; 37:10-16; Le 24:5-8cover withal. or, pour out withal. the continual.The Israelites, without doubt, were able to procure corn enough from the adjacent countries, even when in the wilderness, to make the shewbread, and to present the daily meat offerings. 1 Samuel 21:6
gave him.Mt 12:3,4; Mr 2:25-27; Lu 6:3,4hot bread.Le 24:5-9 1 Chronicles 9:32
the sons.6:33-48shewbread. Heb. bread of ordering. to.Ex 25:30; Le 24:5-8 1 Chronicles 23:29
for the shewbread.It was the priests' office to place this bread before the Lord; and it was their privilege to feed on the old loaves when they were replaced by the new. 9:31,32; Ex 25:30; Le 24:5-9; 1Ki 7:48; 2Ch 13:11; 29:18; Ne 10:33Mt 12:4; Heb 9:2the fine flour.9:29-34; Le 6:20-23unleavened.Le 2:4-7; 7:9pan. or, flat plate. for all manner of measure.The standards of all weights and measures were in the sanctuary; and therefore the Levites had the inspection of weights and measures of every kind, that no fraud might in this way be committed. Honesty is inseparably connected with piety; and hence the Levites, being sufficiently numerous, were employed to superintend the former, as well as the latter. Le 19:35,36; Nu 3:50
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