And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.
- BSB put them in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.
- NKJV You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.
- NASB And you shall put them in one basket, and present them in the basket along with the bull and the two rams.
- NLT Place them all in a single basket, and present them at the entrance of the Tabernacle, along with the young bull and the two rams.
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Quick answer
The bread was placed in one basket and brought with the bull and two rams. All the offerings were presented together for the ordination.
Overview
Gathering the bread and animals together prepared everything needed for the consecration ceremony. The orderly presentation reflects the care God requires in worship. Each element had its purpose in setting the priests apart to serve in his presence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Lev 8:2Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
- Num 6:17And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
- Lev 8:31And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
- Lev 8:26And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
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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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