And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.
- BSB And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
- NKJV And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.
- NASB And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me continually.
- NLT Place the Bread of the Presence on the table to remain before me at all times.
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Quick answer
The bread of the presence was to be set on the table before God continually. This perpetual bread symbolized fellowship and God's ongoing provision.
Overview
The 'bread of the presence,' renewed regularly, represented the twelve tribes set before God and the communion between the LORD and His people. Its continual placement signified an unbroken relationship and God's constant provision. The bread testified that Israel lived in God's presence and by His sustaining grace. It points to Christ, the bread of life, who feeds His people and grants enduring fellowship with God.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 12:4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
- Lev 24:5–9And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
- Exod 39:36The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
- Exod 35:13The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
- 1 Sam 21:6So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
- Mal 1:7Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
- 2 Chr 13:11And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
- Num 4:7And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
- 1 Chr 23:29Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
- 1 Chr 9:32And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
- Mal 1:12But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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