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

4The lamps on the gold lampstand must burn always in front of the Lord. 5The 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). They 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. 8They must put the bread on the table every Sabbath. It is a covenant between Israel's people and the Lord.

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 you must do everything in a proper way that helps people.
• Exodus 25:23Use acacia wood to make a table. It must be one 1 metre long, 50 centimetres wide and 75 centimetres high.
• Exodus 37:10Bezalel used acacia wood to make the special table. It was 1 metre long, 50 centimetres wide and 75 centimetres high.
• Exodus 39:36They brought the special table with all its dishes, and the special bread to put on the table for the Lord.
• Exodus 40:22Moses put the special table inside the Tent of Meeting. He put it outside the curtain, on the north side of the Holy Place.
• 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all these things for the Lord's temple: The gold altar. The gold table which had the special bread on it.
• 2 Chronicles 4:19Solomon's workers also made all these things for God's temple: the gold altar; the tables which had the special bread on them;
• 2 Chronicles 13:11They offer burnt offerings and sweet incense to the Lord every morning and every evening. They put out the special bread on his table every day. They light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. So we are the people who are obeying the rules of the Lord our God. But you have turned away from him.
• Hebrews 9:2Israel's people made a special tent for God. The first room in that tent was called the holy place. The special lampstand was in this room. The special table with the bread which they offered to God was there too.

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
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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