And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh.
- BSB and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
- NKJV You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord.
- NASB And you shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord.
- NLT Place the bread before the Lord on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two stacks, with six loaves in each stack.
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Quick answer
The twelve loaves were arranged in two rows of six on the pure gold table before the LORD. Worship was ordered and beautiful.
Overview
The bread was carefully set in two ordered rows on the golden table within the holy place. The deliberate arrangement before God expressed Israel's standing in his presence as a people set apart for fellowship with him. Such ordered nearness foreshadows the access believers now enjoy through Christ at the table of communion.
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- 1 Kgs 7:48And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
- Exod 25:23–24Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
- 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.
- Exod 37:10–16And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
- 2 Chr 4:19And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
- Heb 9:2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
- Exod 39:36The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
- 1 Cor 14:40Let all things be done decently and in order.
- Exod 40:22–23And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
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