Exodus 40:23

23 and set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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 and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
22 And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,
23 and set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
24 And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,
25 and set up the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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