Exodus 40:23

23 and he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord, as the Lord had 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, hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22 He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil;
23 and he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
24 He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle;
25 and he lit the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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