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Revised Standard Version

Exodus 40:23

and set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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.
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,
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 Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did. 17 And in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected. 18 Moses erected the tabernacle; he laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars; 19 and he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 20 And he took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark, and set the mercy seat above on the ark; 21 and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as the LORD had commanded Moses. 22 And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil, 23 and set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. 24 And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle, 25 and set up the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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 I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
Genesis 40:16
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head,
Job 19:14
My kinsfolk and my close friends have failed me;
Psalms 31:12
I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
Psalms 105:19
until what he had said came to pass the word of the LORD tested him.
Amos 6:6
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!

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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