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Exodus 40:23

Then he put the bread on the table before the Lord . He did this just as the Lord had commanded him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Obedience;   Shewbread (Showbread);   Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dedication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Shewbread;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Shewbread;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   Last Days at Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Furniture;   Order;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Leviticus;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He set the bread in order on it before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moshe.
King James Version
And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Lexham English Bible
And he arranged on it an arrangement of bread before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
New Century Version
Then he put the bread on the table before the Lord , just as the Lord commanded him.
New English Translation
And he set the bread in order on it before the Lord , just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Amplified Bible
He set the bread [of the Presence] in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
New American Standard Bible
And he set the arrangement of bread in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And set the bread in order before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Legacy Standard Bible
He set the arrangement of bread in order on it before Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Contemporary English Version
after which the bread was set on the table.
Complete Jewish Bible
He arranged a row of bread on it before Adonai , as Adonai had ordered Moshe.
Darby Translation
and arranged the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
English Standard Version
and arranged the bread on it before the Lord , as the Lord had commanded Moses.
George Lamsa Translation
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Good News Translation
and placed on it the bread offered to the Lord , just as the Lord had commanded.
Christian Standard Bible®
He arranged the bread on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him.
Literal Translation
And he set the bread in order on it before the face of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and prepared bred theron before ye LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him.
American Standard Version
And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Bible in Basic English
And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And set the bread in order before the Lorde [euen] as the Lorde had commaunded Moyses.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he set a row of bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
King James Version (1611)
And he set the bread in order vpon it, before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he put on it the shewbread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
English Revised Version
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he ordeynede the looues of settyng forth bifore, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.
Young's Literal Translation
and setteth in order upon it the arrangement of bread, before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Update Bible Version
And he set the bread in order on it before Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
World English Bible
He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
New King James Version
and he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
New Living Translation
And he arranged the Bread of the Presence on the table before the Lord , just as the Lord had commanded him.
New Life Bible
He set the bread in its place on the table before the Lord, just as the Lord had told Moses.
New Revised Standard
and set the bread in order on it before the Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread before Yahweh, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(40-20) And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, without the veil,
Revised Standard Version
and set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He set the arrangement of bread in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Contextual Overview

16 Moses obeyed the Lord. He did everything that the Lord commanded him. 17 So the Holy Tent was set up at the right time. It was the first day of the first month during the second year from the time they left Egypt. 18 Moses set up the Holy Tent just as the Lord had said. He put the bases down first. Then he put the frames on the bases. Then he put the braces on and set up the posts. 19 After that Moses put the outer tent over the Holy Tent. Then he put the covering over the outer tent. He did these things just as the Lord had commanded. 20 Moses took the Agreement and put it in the Holy Box. He put the poles on the Box and put the mercy-cover on it. 21 Then Moses put the Holy Box into the Holy Tent. He hung the curtain in the right place to protect it. In this way he protected the Box of the Agreement behind the curtain just as the Lord had commanded him. 22 Then Moses put the table in the Meeting Tent on the north side of the Holy Tent. He put it in the Holy Place, in front of the curtain. 23 Then he put the bread on the table before the Lord . He did this just as the Lord had commanded him. 24 Then Moses put the lampstand in the Meeting Tent on the south side of the Tent, across from the table. 25 Then Moses put the lamps on the lampstand before the Lord . He did this just as the Lord had commanded him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 40:4, Exodus 25:30, Matthew 12:4, Hebrews 9:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:22 - General Exodus 25:23 - a table Exodus 37:10 - General Leviticus 24:5 - General Leviticus 24:6 - pure 1 Kings 7:48 - the table Psalms 99:6 - Moses Hosea 9:4 - their bread

Cross-References

Genesis 40:15
I was kidnapped and taken from the land of my people, the Hebrews. I have done nothing wrong! I should not be in prison."
Genesis 40:16
The baker saw that the other servant's dream was good, so he said to Joseph, "I also had a dream. I dreamed there were three baskets of bread on my head.
Job 19:14
My relatives have left me. My friends have forgotten me.
Psalms 31:12
People want to forget me like someone already dead, thrown away like a broken dish.
Psalms 105:19
Joseph was a slave until what he said had really happened. The Lord 's message proved that Joseph was right.
Amos 6:6
You drink wine in fancy cups. You use the best perfumes. And it doesn't even bother you that Joseph's family is being destroyed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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: Exodus 25:30.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moses performed these priestly functions (Exodus 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 Exodus 40:31. But Moses took part with them, and most likely took the lead, until they were consecrated and invested Leviticus 8:0 and publicly set apart for the office.

Exodus 40:26

Before the vail - That is, opposite to the ark, in the middle between the table of showbread on the North and the candlestick on the South.


 
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