Leviticus 24:6

6 "You shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the ¹pure gold table before the LORD.

Leviticus 24:6 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:6

And thou shalt set them in two rows
The twelve cakes: six on a row;
not by the side of each other, but six upon one another: upon the pure table;
the shewbread table, so called because overlaid with pure gold, and kept clean and bright, ( Exodus 25:24 ) ; before the Lord;
for this stood in the holy place, in the same place as the candlestick did, which has the same position, ( Leviticus 24:4 ) ; of the mystical and typical sense of these cakes, (See Gill on Exodus 25:30).

Leviticus 24:6 In-Context

4 "He shall keep the lamps in order on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.

5 "Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.

6 "You shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the LORD .

7 "You shall put pure frankincense on each row that it may be a memorial portion for the bread, even an offering by fire to the LORD .

8 "Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 25:24; 1 Kings 7:48