Leviticus 24:7

7 "You shall put pure frankincense on each row that it may be ¹a memorial portion for the bread, even an offering by fire to the LORD.

Leviticus 24:7 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:7

And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon [each] row
Two cups of frankincense, in each of which was an handful of it, and which were set by each row of the cakes, as Jarchi observes: that it may be on the bread for a memorial;
or "for the bread", instead of it, for a memorial of it; that being to be eaten by the priests, and this to be burned on the altar to the Lord, as follows: [even] an offering made by fire unto the Lord;
not the bread that was after a time taken away, and eaten by the priests, but the frankincense.

Leviticus 24:7 In-Context

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.

9 "It shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the LORD'S offerings by fire, his portion forever."

Cross References

• 1. Lev 2:2, 9, 16