Leviticus 24:5-7

5 “Take the finest flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an ephah[a] for each loaf.
6 Arrange them in two stacks, six in each stack, on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
7 By each stack put some pure incense as a memorial[b] portion to represent the bread and to be a food offering presented to the LORD.

Leviticus 24:5-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 24

This chapter treats of the oil for the lamps, and the ordering of them, Le 24:1-4; of the making of the shewbread cakes, and the setting of them on the table, Le 24:5-9; and an Israelite having blasphemed the name of the Lord, and inquiry being made what should be done to him, he, and so any other person guilty of the same, is ordered to be stoned to death, Le 24:10-16; on occasion of which several laws are repeated concerning killing a man or a beast, or doing injury to any man, Le 24:17-23.

Cross References 5

  • 1. S Exodus 25:30; Hebrews 9:2
  • 2. S Leviticus 23:13
  • 3. Exodus 25:23-30; Numbers 4:7; 1 Kings 7:48
  • 4. S Leviticus 2:1
  • 5. S Leviticus 2:2

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms
  • [b]. Or "representative"
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