Leviticus 24:6

Leviticus 24:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Arrange them in two stacks, six in each stack, on the table of pure gold before the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall set them in two piles, six in a pile, on the table of pure gold before the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 24:6

4He must continually tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand in the Lord’s presence. 5“Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts. Arrange them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord. 7Place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread and a food offering to the Lord. 8The bread is to be set out before the Lord every Sabbath day as a permanent covenant obligation on the part of the Israelites.

Leviticus 24:6 word by word

וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֛ם שְׁתַּ֥יִם מַֽעֲרָכ֖וֹת שֵׁ֣שׁ הַֽמַּעֲרָ֑כֶת עַ֛ל הַשֻּׁלְחָ֥ן הַטָּהֹ֖ר לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• them in twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• rowsמַעֲרָכָהma‛ărâkâh · rankH4634
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• on a rowמַעֲרֶ֫כֶתma‛ăreketh · rowH4635
• upon the pureטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
• tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 24:6

• 1 Corinthians 14:40But everything is to be done decently and in order.
• Exodus 25:23“You are to construct a table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
• Exodus 37:10He constructed the table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
• Exodus 39:36the table, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;
• Exodus 40:22Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.
• 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the equipment in the Lord’s temple: the gold altar; the gold table that the Bread of the Presence was placed on;
• 2 Chronicles 4:19Solomon also made all the equipment in God’s temple: the gold altar; the tables on which to put the Bread of the Presence;
• 2 Chronicles 13:11They offer a burnt offering and fragrant incense to the Lord every morning and every evening, and they set the rows of the Bread of the Presence on the ceremonially clean table. They light the lamps of the gold lampstand every evening. We are carrying out the requirements of the Lord our God, while you have abandoned him.
• Hebrews 9:2For a tabernacle was set up, and in the first room, which is called the holy place, were the lampstand, the table, and the presentation loaves.

Commentaries on Leviticus 24:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 The oil for the lamps of the tabernacle and the meal for the showbread were to be offerings from the Congregation, like the meal for the Pentecostal loaves, Leviticus 23:17. It appears that the responsibility of keeping up the lights rested on the high priest, but the actual service might be performed, on ordinary occasions, by the common priests. Compare margin reference. Leviticus 24:5 Each cake or loaf of unleavened bread Leviticus 2:11 was…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-95-9. take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes--for the showbread, as previously appointed (Ex 25:30). Those cakes were baked by the Levites, the flour being furnished by the people (1Ch 9:32; 23:29), oil, wine, and salt being the other ingredients (Le 2:13). two tenth deals--that is, of an ephah--thirteen and a half pounds weight each; and on each row or pile of cakes some frankincense was strewed, which, being burnt, led to the showbread being called "an…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 24:6

• Priest
• Shewbread (Showbread)

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Commentaries on Leviticus 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings