Leviticus 24:5
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New International Version (© 2011)
"Take the finest flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf.

King James Bible
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah'shall be in one cake.

Young's Literal Translation
'And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,

Leviticus 24:5 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Bake twelve cakes - See the whole account of the shew-bread in the notes on Exodus 25:30 (note); and relative to the table on which they stood, the golden candlestick and silver trumpets carried in triumph to Rome, see the note on Exodus 25:31.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The loaves of bread which the officiating priest placed every sabbath day upon the golden table in the Sanctum, before the Lord, were twelve in number, representing the twelve tribes of Israel. The loaves must have been large, since two tenth deals (about six pints) of flour were used for each,

Leviticus 24:3,6,7 Without the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation...

They were served up hot on the sabbath day in the Sanctum, when the stale ones, which had been exposed the whole week, were taken away, and none but the priests were allowed to eat them. In an extraordinary extremity, David and his men partook of the shew-bread

1 Samuel 21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before the LORD...

the urgent necessity alone justifying the act. The Hebrew signifies bread of faces, or, of the face.

Exodus 25:30 And you shall set on the table show bread before me always.

Exodus 40:23 And he set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

1 Kings 18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying...

1 Samuel 21:4,5 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is hallowed bread...

Matthew 12:4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat...

Acts 26:7 To which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa...

James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

Leviticus 24:5 Parallel Commentaries
Bake Best Bread Cake Cakes Deals Ephah Fifth Fine Flour Loaves Meal Part Parts Tenth Tenth-Parts Tenths Thereof Twelve Two-Tenths Using Wheaten
Bake Best Bread Cake Cakes Deals Ephah Fifth Fine Flour Loaves Meal Part Parts Tenth Tenth-Parts Tenths Thereof Twelve Two-Tenths Using Wheaten
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Hebrews 9:2 A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place.
Exodus 25:30 Put the bread of the Presence on this table to be before me at all times.
Exodus 39:36 the table with all its articles and the bread of the Presence;
Exodus 40:23 and set out the bread on it before the LORD, as the LORD commanded him.
Numbers 4:7 "Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes and bowls, and the jars for drink offerings; the bread that is continually there is to remain on it.
1 Samuel 21:4 But the priest answered David, "I don't have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is some consecrated bread here--provided the men have kept themselves from women."
1 Samuel 21:6 So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the LORD and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.