SHEWBREAD

- Twelve cakes of fine flour Le 24:5 - Called hallowed bread 1Sa 21:4 - Materials for, provided by the people Le 24:8; Ne 10:32,33 - Prepared by Levites 1Ch 9:32; 23:29 - Placed in two rows on the table by the priests Ex 25:30; 40:23; Le 24:6 - TABLE OF . Dimensions of Ex 25:23 . Covered with gold Ex 25:24 . Had an ornamental border Ex 25:25 . Had staves of shittim wood covered with gold Ex 25:28 . Had rings of gold in the corners for the staves Ex 25:26,27 . Had dishes, spoons, covers, and bowls of gold Ex 25:29 . Placed in the north side of the tabernacle Ex 40:22; Heb 9:2 . Directions for removing Nu 4:7 - Pure frankincense placed on Le 24:7 - Was changed every Sabbath day Le 24:8 - After removal from the table given to the priests Le 24:9 - Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases 1Sa 21:4-6; Mt 12:4 - ILLUSTRATIVE OF . Christ as the bread of life Joh 6:48 . The Church 1Co 5:7; 10:17

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Shewbread. Shewbread
Ex. 25:30 (R.V. marg., “presence bread”); 1 Chr. 9:32 (marg., “bread of ordering”); Num. 4:7: called “hallowed bread” (R.V., “holy bread”) in 1 Sam. 21:1-6.

This bread consisted of twelve loaves made of the finest flour. They were flat and thin, and were placed in two rows of six each on a table in the holy place before the Lord. They were renewed every Sabbath (Lev. 24:5-9), and those that were removed to give place to the new ones were to be eaten by the priests only in the holy place (see 1 Sam. 21:3-6; comp. Matt. 12:3, 4).

The number of the loaves represented the twelve tribes of Israel, and also the entire spiritual Israel, “the true Israel;” and the placing of them on the table symbolized the entire consecration of Israel to the Lord, and their acceptance of God as their God. The table for the bread was made of acacia wood, 3 feet long, 18 inches broad, and 2 feet 3 inches high. It was plated with pure gold. Two staves, plated with gold, passed through golden rings, were used for carrying it.

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hallowed bread placed in the tabernacle Ex 25:30; Le 24:5; Nu 4:7; 1Sa 21:6; 1Ch 9:32; Ne 10:33 Mt 12:4; Heb 9:2 ---, Table of. See TABLE

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Shew″bread′ (?). See Showbread.