Leviticus 24:7

Leviticus 24:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)By each stack put some pure incense as a memorial portion to represent the bread and to be a food offering presented to the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall put pure frankincense on each pile, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion as a food offering to the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 24:7

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). 6They must put the loaves on a table in two rows in front of the Lord. There must be six loaves in each row. They 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. 9The bread is for Aaron and for his sons. They must eat it in a holy place. It is their holy part of the burnt offering to the Lord.’

Leviticus 24:7 word by word

וְנָתַתָּ֥ עַל־הַֽמַּעֲרֶ֖כֶת לְבֹנָ֣ה זַכָּ֑ה וְהָיְתָ֤ה לַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ לְאַזְכָּרָ֔ה אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• pureזַךְzak · pureH2134
• frankincenseלְבֹנָהlebônâh lebônâh · frankincenseH3828
• rowמַעֲרֶ֫כֶתma‛ăreketh · rowH4635
• that it may be on the breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• for a memorialאַזְכָּרָה'azkârâh · memorialH234
• an offering made by fireאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 24:7

• Leviticus 2:2He must take it to Aaron's sons, the priests. The priest will take some of the flour and oil and all the incense in his hand. He will burn them on the altar as a gift to the Lord. The smell of them while they are burning will give the Lord pleasure.
• Ephesians 1:6As a result, we praise him, because he is great and he has been so kind to us. He has given us so much because of his Son, whom he loves very much.
• Hebrews 7:25Jesus is always alive and he asks God to help his people. So he can completely save everyone who believes in him. He will lead them to God.
• Revelation 8:3Then another angel came. He stood at the altar where people offered gifts to God. He had a gold bowl to put incense in. He received a lot of incense and he burned it as a gift to God. It made a nice smell and it mixed with the prayers of God's people. The angel offered the incense and the prayers on the gold altar that was in front of God's throne.
• John 6:35Then Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread that gives life to people. Anyone who comes to me will never be hungry. Anyone who believes in me will never be thirsty.
• Genesis 9:16When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember my covenant. It is a promise that I have made with every kind of living thing on the earth.’
• Exodus 12:14In future years, you must remember this day as a special day every year. It will be a festival when you worship me, the Lord. You and your descendants must do this every year, for all time.
• Exodus 13:9This special time will be like a mark on your hand. It will be like something that you fix between your eyes. It will be a sign that causes you to remember what happened on this day. Then you will not forget to speak about the Law of the Lord. Remember this: The Lord brought you out of Egypt with his great power.
• Exodus 17:14Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Write down what happened here in a book. Then people will remember it. Read it aloud for Joshua to hear. Say that I will completely destroy all the Amalekites. Nobody in the whole world will remember them any more.’
• Acts 10:4Cornelius looked at the angel and he was afraid. He asked, ‘Master, why have you come to me?’ The angel answered, ‘God has heard your prayers. He knows about all the money that you give to poor people. This has pleased him. Now God is answering your prayers.
• 1 Corinthians 11:23This is the message that I received from the Lord. I then told it to you. This is what happened on the night that Jesus' enemies took hold of him. The Lord Jesus picked up some bread to eat with his disciples.

Commentaries on Leviticus 24:7

• 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. 7The priests burned a portion of this bread as an offering (see 2:2). So they made the bread without yeast ("unleavened"; see 2:11).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 24:7

• Frankincense
• Priest
• Shewbread (Showbread)

In the dictionaries

• Frankincense
• Shewbread
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel
• Holiness
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Memorial; Memory

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