Leviticus 24:5

Leviticus 24:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
• New International Version (NIV)“Take the finest flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.

Context of Leviticus 24:5

3Aaron must put more oil in the lamp from evening to morning in front of the Lord. The lamp is outside the curtain. That curtain is in the Holy Place. The light must never go out. This rule is for now and for all time to come. 4The lamps on the gold lampstand must burn always in front of the Lord. The people must bake 12 loaves of bread. They must use the best flour. They must weigh the flour for each loaf. They must use two tenths (2/10) of an ephah (4 litres). 6They must put the loaves on a table in two rows in front of the Lord. There must be six loaves in each row. 7They must put incense near each row. They must burn the incense as a gift to the Lord instead of the bread.

Leviticus 24:5 word by word

וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ סֹ֔לֶת וְאָפִיתָ֣ אֹתָ֔הּ שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה חַלּ֑וֹת שְׁנֵי֙ עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים יִהְיֶ֖ה הַֽחַלָּ֥ה הָאֶחָֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• fine flourסֹ֫לֶתsôleth · fine flourH5560
• and bakeאָפָה'âphâh · to bakeH644
• twelveעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• cakesחַלָּהchallâh · a kind of cakeH2471
• thereof: twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• tenth dealsעִשָּׂרוֹן‛iώώârôn ‛iώώârôn · tenthH6241
• shall be in oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259

Cross-references for Leviticus 24:5

• Leviticus 24:3Aaron must put more oil in the lamp from evening to morning in front of the Lord. The lamp is outside the curtain. That curtain is in the Holy Place. The light must never go out. This rule is for now and for all time to come.
• 1 Samuel 21:6So the priest gave the holy bread to David because he did not have any other bread. This was the bread which had been on the table in the Lord's tent. The priest would take it from there each day and he would put hot, fresh bread in its place.
• Exodus 25:30Put the Lord's special bread on this table. The bread must always be there for me.
• Exodus 40:23He put the special bread on the table as an offering to the Lord, as the Lord had commanded him.
• 1 Kings 18:31Elijah picked up 12 stones, one for each of the tribes that were Jacob's descendants. Jacob was the man that the Lord had given the new name ‘Israel’.
• 1 Samuel 21:4The priest answered David, ‘I do not have any ordinary bread that I can give to you. There is only the special holy bread. You can take it for your men to eat only if they have not had sex with women.’
• Matthew 12:4David went into the temple. He ate the special bread that was there. He also gave some of it to his men to eat as well. But it is against God's Law for anyone except the priests to eat that special bread.
• Acts 26:7He promised a great thing to our 12 Israelite families. We all expect to receive what God has promised to us. That is why we Jews always worship God, in the day and in the night. Like these Jews here, I believe in God's great promise. But that is the reason that they speak against me.
• James 1:1This letter is from me, James. I am a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing to the 12 tribes of God's people who live in many different parts of the world. I say ‘hello’ to all of you.

Commentaries on Leviticus 24:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Bake twelve cakes - See the whole account of the shew-bread in the notes on Exodus 25:30; (note); and relative to the table on which they stood, the golden candlestick and silver trumpets carried in triumph to Rome, see the note on Exodus 25:31.Read the comment
• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Traditionally called the “shewbread” in the King James Version, this bread was made of twelve flat loaves. It is also called the "Bread of the Presence." Every Sabbath, the loaves were placed on the table in the Holy Place (see Exodus 25:30 and Exodus 25:23–30). This bread was part of the priest's share of the offerings. David and his men ate this bread while escaping from King Saul (see 1 Samuel 21:1–6 and Matthew 12:1–8).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

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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