Leviticus 24:6
in Leviticus 24and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.
KJV
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.
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This verse in Leviticus 24
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd thou shalt set them in two rows,.... The twelve cakes: six on a row; not by the side of each other, but six upon one another: upon the pure table; the shewbread table, so called because overlaid with pure gold, and kept clean and bright, Exo 25:24, before the Lord; for this stood in the holy place, in the same place as the candlestick did, which has the same position, Lev 24:4; of the mystical and typical sense of these cakes; see Gill on Exo 25:30.
This site's exposition
take fine flour and bake twelve loaves
on Leviticus 24:5-7
Twelve loaves stand in two rows of six on the table of pure gold before the LORD. The number answers to the twelve tribes, and the table stands in the holy place where only priests go, so the nation is represented in a room it never enters. The frankincense by each row is the part offered by fire, so what burns and what is eaten are two different things.
This site's exposition
set them in two rows
John Gill read the two rows as two stacks, six loaves laid one upon another. He takes the pure gold of the table as its overlay, kept clean and bright. It stood in the holy place with the lampstand.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ | vesamta | and you will place | H7760 → | 584 times |
| אוֹתָ֛ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁתַּ֥יִם | shetayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| מַֽעֲרָכ֖וֹת | maarakhot | rows | H4635 → | 10 times |
| שֵׁ֣שׁ | shesh | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| הַֽמַּעֲרָ֑כֶת | hamaarakhet | the row | H4635 → | 10 times |
| עַ֛ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַשֻּׁלְחָ֥ן | hashulchan | the table | H7979 → | |
| הַטָּהֹ֖ר | hatahor | <the> pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְשַׂמְתָּ֥and you will place
vesamtaH7760 →584 times
אוֹתָ֛ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
שְׁתַּ֥יִםtwo
shetayimH8147 →768 times
מַֽעֲרָכ֖וֹתrows
maarakhotH4635 →10 times
שֵׁ֣שׁsix
sheshH8337 →216 times
הַֽמַּעֲרָ֑כֶתthe row
hamaarakhetH4635 →10 times
עַ֛לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
הַשֻּׁלְחָ֥ןthe table
hashulchanH7979 →
הַטָּהֹ֖ר<the> pure
hatahorH2889 →94 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Hebrews 9:2A 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 40:4
Through
2 Chronicles 13:11Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making…
- Leviticus 24:2–9
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- 2 Chronicles 2:4
Through
1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 4:8
Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
- Exodus 37:10–16
He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 39:36
the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;
- 2 Chronicles 4:8
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.