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Leviticus 24:8

Every Sabbath day Aaron will put the bread in order before the Lord . This must be done forever. This agreement with the Israelites will continue forever.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Priest;   Sabbath;   Shewbread (Showbread);   Thompson Chain Reference - Covenant;   Covenants and Vows;   Everlasting;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;   Shewbread;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sabbath;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Bread, Bread of Presence;   Offerings and Sacrifices;   Priest, Priesthood;   Sabbath;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bread;   Priest;   Shewbread;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahimelech;   Bread;   Covenant;   Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Shewbread;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Incense;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Shewbread;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bread;   Table of Showbread;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Shewbread;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Bread;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Covenant, in the Old Testament;   Exodus, the Book of;   Leviticus;   Order;   Shewbread, the;   Tabernacle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ahimelech;   Angelology;   Bread;   Incense;   Peshiá¹­ta;   Sabbath;   Showbread;   Trespass;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Every Shabbat day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Yisra'el, an everlasting covenant.
King James Version
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
Lexham English Bible
On every Sabbath he shall arrange it in rows before Yahweh continually; they are from the Israelites as an everlasting covenant.
New Century Version
Every Sabbath day Aaron will put the bread in order before the Lord , as an agreement with the people of Israel that will continue forever.
New English Translation
Each Sabbath day Aaron must arrange it before the Lord continually; this portion is from the Israelites as a perpetual covenant.
Amplified Bible
"Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange the showbread before the LORD continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the Israelites.
New American Standard Bible
"Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Euery Sabbath hee shall put them in rowes before the Lord euermore, receiuing them of the children of Israel for an euerlasting couenant.
Legacy Standard Bible
Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
Aaron must lay fresh loaves on the table each Sabbath, and priests in all generations must continue this practice as part of Israel's agreement with me.
Complete Jewish Bible
Regularly, every Shabbat, he is to arrange them before Adonai ; they are from the people of Isra'el, as a covenant forever.
Darby Translation
Every sabbath day he shall arrange it before Jehovah continually, on the part of the children of Israel: [it is] an everlasting covenant.
English Standard Version
Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the Lord regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever.
George Lamsa Translation
On the sabbath day Aaron shall set them in order before the LORD continually, as a gift from the children of Israel for an everlasting covenant.
Good News Translation
Every Sabbath, for all time to come, the bread must be placed in the presence of the Lord . This is Israel's duty forever.
Christian Standard Bible®
The bread is to be set out before the Lord every Sabbath day as a permanent covenant obligation on the part of the Israelites.
Literal Translation
On each sabbath day he shall arrange it before Jehovah continually, from the sons of Israel, a never ending covenant.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euery Sabbath shal he prepare the before the LORDE allwaye, and receaue them of the children of Israel for an euerlastinge couenaunt.
American Standard Version
Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
Bible in Basic English
Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement made for ever.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euery Sabbath he shall put them in rowes before the Lorde euermore, of the chyldren of Israel shall they be offered for an euerlastyng couenaunt.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is from the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
King James Version (1611)
Euery Sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an euerlasting couenant.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
On the sabbath-day they shall be set forth before the Lord continually before the children of Israel, for an everlasting covenant.
English Revised Version
Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
Berean Standard Bible
Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a perpetual covenant.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
bi ech sabat tho schulen be chaungid bifor the Lord, and schulen be takun of the sones of Israel bi euerlastynge boond of pees;
Young's Literal Translation
`On each sabbath-day he arrangeth it before Jehovah continually, from the sons of Israel -- a covenant age-during;
Update Bible Version
Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually; it is on the behalf of the sons of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
Webster's Bible Translation
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, [being taken] from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
World English Bible
Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
New King James Version
Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
New Living Translation
Every Sabbath day this bread must be laid out before the Lord as a gift from the Israelites; it is an ongoing expression of the eternal covenant.
New Life Bible
Every Day of Rest he will set it before the Lord all the time. It is a Law forever for the people of Israel.
New Revised Standard
Every sabbath day Aaron shall set them in order before the Lord regularly as a commitment of the people of Israel, as a covenant forever.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Sabbath day by sabbath day, shall he order it before Yahweh continually, - from the sons of Israel as an age-abiding covenant:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord: being received of the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
Revised Standard Version
Every sabbath day Aaron shall set it in order before the LORD continually on behalf of the people of Israel as a covenant for ever.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 "Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil from crushed olives. That oil is for the lamps that must burn without stopping. 3 Aaron will keep the light burning in the Meeting Tent before the Lord from evening until morning. This light will be outside the curtain that hangs in front of the Box that holds the Agreement. This law will continue forever. 4 Aaron must always keep the lamps burning on the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord . 5 "Take fine flour and bake twelve loaves with it. Use 16 cups of flour for each loaf. 6 Put them in two rows on the golden table before the Lord . Six loaves will be in each row. 7 Put pure frankincense on each row. This will help the Lord remember the gift. 8 Every Sabbath day Aaron will put the bread in order before the Lord . This must be done forever. This agreement with the Israelites will continue forever. 9 That bread will belong to Aaron and his sons. They will eat the bread in a holy place, because that bread is one of the special gifts to the Lord . It is Aaron's share forever."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 4:7, 1 Chronicles 9:32, 1 Chronicles 23:29, 2 Chronicles 2:4, Nehemiah 10:33, Matthew 12:3-5

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:4 - the things that Leviticus 21:22 - both

Cross-References

Genesis 24:4
Go back to my country, to my own people, to find a wife for my son Isaac. Bring her here to him."
Genesis 24:6
Abraham said to him, "No, don't take my son to that place.
Genesis 24:17
Then the servant ran to her and said, "Please give me a little water to drink from your jar."
Genesis 24:20
So Rebekah quickly poured all the water from her jar into the drinking trough for the camels. Then she ran to the well to get more water, and she gave water to all the camels.
Numbers 30:5
But if her father hears about the promise and does not agree, she is free from her promise. She does not have to do what she promised. Her father stopped her, so the Lord will forgive her.
Numbers 30:8
But if the husband hears about the promise and refuses to let her keep her promise, the wife does not have to do what she promised. Her husband broke the promise—he did not let her do what she said. So the Lord will forgive her.
Joshua 9:20
This is what we must do. We must let them live. We cannot hurt them or God will be angry with us because we broke the promise we made to them.
John 8:32
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
Acts 7:2
Stephen answered, "My Jewish fathers and brothers, listen to me. Our great and glorious God appeared to Abraham, our ancestor, when he was in Mesopotamia. This was before he lived in Haran.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually,.... That is, the priest or priests then ministering, who should bring new cakes and place them in the above order, having removed the old ones, which was done in this manner; four priests went in, two had in their hands the two rows (of bread), and two had in their hands two cups (of frankincense); four went before these, two to take away the two rows (of the old bread), and two to take away the two cups (of frankincense); and they that carried in stood in the north, and their faces to the south and they that brought out stood in the south, and their faces to the north; these drew away (the old bread) and they put them (the new), and the hand of the one was over against the hand of the other, as it is said, "before me continually",

Exodus 25:30 h; that is, at the same time the hands of the one were employed in taking away, the hands of the other were employed in setting on; so that there was always bread upon the table:

[being taken] from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant; God requiring it of them, and they agreeing to give it, as they did, either in meal or in money; for this was at the expense of the community.

h Menachot, c. 11. sect. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The oil for the lamps of the tabernacle and the meal for the showbread were to be offerings from the Congregation, like the meal for the Pentecostal loaves, Leviticus 23:17. It appears that the responsibility of keeping up the lights rested on the high priest, but the actual service might be performed, on ordinary occasions, by the common priests. Compare margin reference.

Leviticus 24:5

Each cake or loaf of unleavened bread Leviticus 2:11 was to contain about six pounds and a quarter (see Exodus 29:40 note) of fine flour. The material was the same, both in quality and in quantity, with that of each one of the wave-loaves of Pentecost Leviticus 23:17. In the service of the temple the preparation and arrangement of the cakes was committed to the Levites 1Ch 9:32; 1 Chronicles 23:29; 2 Chronicles 13:11.

Leviticus 24:6

Two rows, six on a row - Rather, two piles, six in a pile. On the table, see Exodus 25:23-30.

Leviticus 24:7

The frankincense as a memorial (like the handful of the meat-offering, Leviticus 2:2), was most likely cast upon the altar-fire as “an offering made by fire unto the Lord,” when the bread was removed from the table on the Sabbath-day Leviticus 24:8; 1 Samuel 21:6. The frankincense was put into small gold cups, one of which was placed upon each pile of bread. (See Exodus 25:23-30 note.)

Leviticus 24:8

Being taken from the children of Israel - Each cake represented the offering of a tribe.

Leviticus 24:9

See Leviticus 2:3 note. It could have been only by a stretch of the law that Ahimelech gave a portion of the showbread to David and his men, on the ground that they were free from ceremonial defilement. 1 Samuel 21:4-6; Matthew 12:4.

The showbread was a true meat-offering (see Exodus 25:29). The special form in which it was offered, especially in its being brought into the tabernacle and in its consisting of twelve loaves, distinguish it as an offering made on behalf of the nation.


 
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