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Hebrew Names Version

Exodus 40:23

He set the bread in order on it before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moshe.

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

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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he put the bread on the table before the Lord . He did this just as the Lord had commanded him.
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 Thus did Moshe: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did. 17 It happened in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tent was raised up. 18 Moshe raised up the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards of it, and put in the bars of it, and raised up its pillars. 19 He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it, as the LORD commanded Moshe. 20 He took and put the testimony into the teivah, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark. 21 He brought the ark into the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the LORD commanded Moshe. 22 He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tent northward, outside of the veil. 23 He set the bread in order on it before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moshe. 24 He put the menorah in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tent southward. 25 He lit the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moshe.

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
For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
Genesis 40:16
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Yosef, "I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
Job 19:14
My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.
Psalms 31:12
I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
Psalms 105:19
Until the time that his word happened, And the LORD's word proved him true.
Amos 6:6
Who drink wine in bowls, And anoint themselves with the best oils; But they are not grieved for the affliction of Yosef.

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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