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Exodus 40:23

in Exodus 40

He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

KJV

And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

This verse in Exodus 40

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord,.... The shewbread, the twelve cakes of it, in two rows, six in a row: as the Lord had commanded Moses: Exo 25:30.

This site's exposition

he put the table in the tent of the congregation

on Exodus 40:22-23

The table stands on the north side outside the vail and Moses sets the bread on it before the Lord. Leviticus 24:5-9 gives the arrangement, twelve cakes in two rows renewed every sabbath, one loaf for each tribe of Israel. The bread is set out in a room that nobody outside the priesthood will ever see.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Moses performed these priestly functions (Exo 28:1 note), before the holy things with which they were performed were anointed. The things had been made expressly for the service of Yahweh, by His command, and in this fact lay their essential sanctity, of which the anointing was only the seal and symbol. Aaron and his sons, on similar ground, having had the divine call, took part in the service of the sanctuary as soon as the work was completed Exo 40:

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּעֲרֹ֥ךְand he arranged

    vaiyaarokhH618674 times

  • עָלָ֛יוon it

    ʾalavH59215755 times

  • עֵ֥רֶךְan arrangement of

    ʾerekhH6187

  • לֶ֖חֶםbread

    lechemH3899298 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH64402123 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as

    kaasherH8345497 times

  • צִוָּ֥הhe had commanded

    tzivahH6680494 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • מֹשֶֽׁה׃ סMoses

    moshehH4872765 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 25:30

    And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 24:5–9

      You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Matthew 12:4

      He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.

    • Exodus 39:36

      the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;

  • Through

    Hebrews 9:2

    A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 40:4

      Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

    • Leviticus 24:5–8

      You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

    • Exodus 26:35

      And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

    • Exodus 40:22–24

      Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

  • Through

    Exodus 40:4

    Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 24:8

      Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.