Exodus 40:23

23 He arranged a row of bread on it before ADONAI, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

Exodus 40:23 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:23

And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord
The shewbread, the twelve cakes of it, in two rows, six in a row:

as the Lord had commanded Moses:
( Exodus 25:30 ) ( Leviticus 24:5-8 ) .

Exodus 40:23 In-Context

21 Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, set up the curtain as a screen and concealed the ark for the testimony, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

22 He put the table in the tent of meeting on the side of the tabernacle facing north, outside the curtain.

23 He arranged a row of bread on it before ADONAI, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

24 He put the menorah in the tent of meeting across from the table, on the side of the tabernacle facing south.

25 Then he lit the lamps before ADONAI, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.