Leviticus 24:6

6 Put them in two rows on the golden table before the Lord, six loaves in each row.

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 Aaron must always keep the lamps burning on the lampstands of pure gold before the Lord.

5 "Take fine flour and bake twelve loaves of bread with it, using four quarts of flour for each loaf.

6 Put them in two rows on the golden table before the Lord, six loaves in each row.

7 Put pure incense on each row as the memorial portion to take the place of the bread. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord.

8 Every Sabbath day Aaron will put the bread in order before the Lord, as an agreement with the people of Israel that will continue forever.