Exodus 40:23

23 and arranged the Bread there before God, just as God had commanded him.

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 He brought the Chest into The Dwelling and set up the curtain, screening off the Chest of The Testimony, just as God had commanded Moses.
22 He placed the Table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of The Dwelling, outside the curtain,
23 and arranged the Bread there before God, just as God had commanded him.
24 He placed the Lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the Table on the south side of The Dwelling
25 and set up the lamps before God, just as God had commanded him.
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