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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Place the bread before the Lord on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two stacks, with six loaves in each stack.

Context of Leviticus 24:6

4He shall arrange the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord regularly. 5"You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf. And you shall set them in two piles, six in a pile, on the table of pure gold before the Lord. 7And 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. 8Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the Lord regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever.

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 all things should be done decently and in order.
• Exodus 25:23"You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
• Exodus 37:10He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
• Exodus 39:36the table with all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;
• Exodus 40:22He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,
• 1 Kings 7:48So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence,
• 2 Chronicles 4:19So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence,
• 2 Chronicles 13:11They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening. For we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him.
• Hebrews 9:2For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place.

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

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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