Exodus 40:23

23 and placed on it the bread offered to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded.

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 put the Box in the Tent and hung up the curtain. In this way he screened off the Covenant Box, just as the Lord had commanded.
22 He put the table in the Tent, on the north side outside the curtain,
23 and placed on it the bread offered to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded.
24 He put the lampstand in the Tent, on the south side, opposite the table,
25 and there in the Lord's presence he lit the lamps, just as the Lord had commanded.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.