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Shewbread

34 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

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Exodus 25:30Easton · Smith · Torrey Placed in two rows on the table by the priests
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
Numbers 4:7Easton · Torrey TABLE OF — Directions for removing
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
1 Chronicles 9:32Easton · Torrey Prepared by Levites
And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
Matthew 12:4Easton · Torrey Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
Exodus 25:23–30Smith
¶ Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. And…
Exodus 25:23Torrey TABLE OF — Dimensions of
¶ Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
Exodus 25:24Torrey TABLE OF — Covered with gold
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
Exodus 25:25Torrey TABLE OF — Had an ornamental border
And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
Exodus 25:26Torrey TABLE OF — Had rings of gold in the corners for the staves
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
Exodus 25:27Torrey TABLE OF — Had rings of gold in the corners for the staves
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
Exodus 25:28Torrey TABLE OF — Had staves of shittim wood covered with gold
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
Exodus 25:29Torrey TABLE OF — Had dishes, spoons, covers, and bowls of gold
And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

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Exodus 35:13 Smith
Exodus 39:36 Smith
Exodus 40:22 Torrey TABLE OF — Placed in the north side of the tabernacle
Exodus 40:23 Torrey Placed in two rows on the table by the priests
Leviticus 24:5–9 Easton
Leviticus 24:5 Torrey Twelve cakes of fine flour
Leviticus 24:6 Torrey Placed in two rows on the table by the priests
Leviticus 24:7 Torrey Pure frankincense placed on
Leviticus 24:8 Torrey Materials for, provided by the people
Leviticus 24:9 Torrey After removal from the table given to the priests
1 Samuel 21:1–6 Easton
1 Samuel 21:3–6 Easton
1 Samuel 21:4 Torrey Called hallowed bread
1 Samuel 21:4–6 Torrey Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases
1 Chronicles 23:29 Torrey Prepared by Levites
Nehemiah 10:32 Torrey Materials for, provided by the people
Nehemiah 10:33 Torrey Materials for, provided by the people
Matthew 12:3 Easton
John 6:48 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Christ as the bread of life
1 Corinthians 5:7 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — The Church
1 Corinthians 10:17 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — The Church
Hebrews 9:2 Torrey TABLE OF — Placed in the north side of the tabernacle

In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references

Ex. 25:30 (R.V. marg., “presence bread”); 1 Chr. 9:32 (marg., “bread of ordering”); Num. 4:7: called “hallowed bread” (R.V., “holy bread”) in 1 Sam. 21:1-6.

This bread consisted of twelve loaves made of the finest flour. They were flat and thin, and were placed in two rows of six each on a table in the holy place before the Lord. They were renewed every Sabbath (Lev. 24:5-9), and those that were removed to give place to the new ones were to be eaten by the priests only in the holy place (see 1 Sam. 21:3-6; comp. Matt. 12:3, 4).

The number of the loaves represented the twelve tribes of Israel, and also the entire spiritual Israel, “the true Israel;” and the placing of them on the table symbolized the entire consecration of Israel to the Lord, and their acceptance of God as their God. The table for the bread was made of acacia wood, 3 feet long, 18 inches broad, and 2 feet 3 inches high. It was plated with pure gold. Two staves, plated with gold, passed through golden rings, were used for carrying it.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references

(Exodus 25:30; 35:13; 39:36) etc. literally "bread of the face" or "faces." Shew-bread was unleavened bread placed upon a table which stood in the sanctuary together with the seven-branched candlestick and the altar of incense. See (Exodus 25:23-30) for description of this table. Every Sabbath twelve newly baked loaves, representing the twelve tribes of Israel, were put on it in two rows, six in each, and sprinkled with incense, where they remained till the following Sabbath. Then they were replaced by twelve new ones, the incense was burned, and they were eaten by the priests in the holy place, out of which they might not be removed, The title "bread of the face" seems to indicate that bread through which God is seen, that is, with the participation of which the seeing of God is bound up, or through the participation of which man attains the sight of God whence it follows that we have not to think of bread merely as such as the means of nourishing the bodily life, but as spiritual food as a means of appropriating and retaining that life which consists In seeing the face of God.

In the topical indexes

Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 28 references, grouped by sub-topic

Twelve cakes of fine flour Le 24:5
Called hallowed bread 1Sa 21:4
Materials for, provided by the people Le 24:8; Ne 10:32,33
Prepared by Levites 1Ch 9:32; 23:29
Placed in two rows on the table by the priests Ex 25:30; 40:23; Le 24:6
TABLE OF
- Dimensions of Ex 25:23
- Covered with gold Ex 25:24
- Had an ornamental border Ex 25:25
- Had staves of shittim wood covered with gold Ex 25:28
- Had rings of gold in the corners for the staves Ex 25:26,27
- Had dishes, spoons, covers, and bowls of gold Ex 25:29
- Placed in the north side of the tabernacle Ex 40:22; Heb 9:2
- Directions for removing Nu 4:7
Pure frankincense placed on Le 24:7
Was changed every Sabbath day Le 24:8
After removal from the table given to the priests Le 24:9
Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases 1Sa 21:4-6; Mt 12:4
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Christ as the bread of life Joh 6:48
- The Church 1Co 5:7; 10:17

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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