Exodus 40:23

23 And he put on it the shewbread before the Lord, as the Lord 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 put on the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.
22 And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.
23 And he put on it the shewbread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
24 And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south.
25 And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.