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The Showbread

Leviticus 24:5

In 11 translations

BSB
You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,Two-tenths of an ephah is approximately 4 dry quarts or 4.4 liters (probably about 5.1 pounds or 2.3 kilograms of flour).
KJV
¶ And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
WEB
“You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenths of an ephah shall be in one cake.1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
ASV
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
LSV
And you have taken flour, and have baked twelve cakes with it, two-tenth parts are in one cake,
YLT
'And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,
DBY
And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.
DRC
Thou shalt take also fine hour, and shalt bake twelve leaves thereof, two tenths shall be in every loaf:
GNV
Also thou shalt take fine floure, and bake twelue cakes thereof: two tenth deales shalbe in one cake.
JPS
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
LXXE
And ye shall take fine flour, and make of it twelve loaves; each loaf shall be of two tenth parts.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ סֹ֔לֶת וְאָפִיתָ֣ אֹתָ֔הּ שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה חַלּ֑וֹת שְׁנֵי֙ עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים יִהְיֶ֖ה הַֽחַלָּ֥ה הָאֶחָֽת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ λήμψεσθε σεμίδαλιν, καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτὴν δώδεκα ἄρτους· δύο δεκάτων ἔσται ὁ ἄρτος ὁ εἷς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 25:30And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
  • 1 Kings 18:31And 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.”
  • 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.” David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is…
  • Exodus 40:23He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  • James 1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
  • Acts 26:7the 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.
  • Matthew 12:4He 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.

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