Leviticus 24:5

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

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KJV

And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

ASV

And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.

YLT

`And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,

DBT

And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.

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The Old Covenant had its loaves of proposition, but they, as belonging to that covenant, have come to an end. The New Covenant has its heavenly bread and cup of salvation to sanctify both body and soul. For as the bread is for the body, the Word suits the soul.

Cyril of Jerusalem· Catechetical Lecture 4.5, 386patristic

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And thou shalt take fine flour,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Bake twelve cakes - See the whole account of the shew-bread in the notes on Exo 25:30 (note); and relative to the table on which they stood, the golden candlestick and silver trumpets carried in triumph to Rome, see the note on Exo 25:31.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

To cause the lamps to burn - Hebrew. the lamp: yet ver. 4, it is the lamps: The seven lamps made all one lamp. In allusion to which, the Blessed Spirit is represented, Rev. iv, 5, by seven lamps of fire before the throne. For there are diversities of gifts, but one spirit.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

Where there is plenty of bread there is no famine; and where bread is not there is no feast. There was a loaf for every tribe, for in our Father's house there is bread enough. They were all provided for by the divine bounty, and were all welcome to the divine grace.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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How the Hebraic tradition has read this verse — and Marcus Brown’s own reading of it.

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24 linked verses

The verses this one reaches12

Exodus 25:30
And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
1 Samuel 21:6
So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
1 Chronicles 9:32
Some of their Kohathite brothers were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.
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.
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.
Mark 2:26
During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”
1 Samuel 21:4–5
“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
Exodus 40:23
He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
Nehemiah 10:33
for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.
Exodus 35:13
the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

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Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Leviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
Date: Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)

More cross-references12 further linked verses, grouped by book▾ open

Every other verse the study tradition links to this one, in the Bible’s own order. The first links in each book carry a line of their text; every reference opens its full verse page.

Exodus3

Exodus 40:4

Leviticus1

Leviticus 5:15“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things,…

Numbers1

Numbers 4:7Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and…

1 Kings1

1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden…

1 Chronicles1

1 Chronicles 23:29as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the…

2 Chronicles2

Matthew1

Matthew 19:28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things,…

Luke1

Luke 6:4He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to…

Acts1

Acts 26:7the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God…

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
leads to
- Ezekiel 12:15
  And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
- 1 Peter 1:1
  Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
- John 7:35
  At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the…
- Acts 8:1
  And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
- Acts 26:7
  the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
Through
Exodus 25:30
And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
leads to
- 2 Kings 17:34
  To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He…
- Genesis 32:28
  Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

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