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

4On the ceremonially pure lampstand he must arrange the lamps before the Lord continually. 5“You must take choice wheat flour and bake twelve loaves; there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in each loaf, and you must set them in two rows, six in a row, on the ceremonially pure table before the Lord. 7You must put pure frankincense on each row, and it will become a memorial portion for the bread, a gift to the Lord. 8Each Sabbath day Aaron must arrange it before the Lord continually; this portion is from the Israelites as a perpetual covenant.

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 14:40And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.
• Exodus 25:23“You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.
• Exodus 37:10He made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.
• Exodus 39:36the table, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;
• Exodus 40:22And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.
• 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,
• 2 Chronicles 4:19Solomon also made these items for God’s temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence was kept,
• 2 Chronicles 13:11They offer burnt sacrifices to the Lord every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly we are observing the Lord our God’s regulations, but you have rejected him.
• Hebrews 9:2For a tent was prepared, the outer one, which contained the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this 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

• 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