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.
• 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.
• 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

4The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord must be tended continually. 5“Take the finest flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf. Arrange them in two stacks, six in each stack, on the table of pure gold before the Lord. 7By each stack put some pure incense as a memorial portion to represent the bread and to be a food offering presented to the Lord. 8This bread is to be set out before the Lord regularly, Sabbath after Sabbath, on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting 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 14:40But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.
• Exodus 25:23“Make a table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.
• Exodus 37:10They made the table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.
• Exodus 39:36the table with all its articles and the bread of the Presence;
• Exodus 40:22Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain
• 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple: the golden altar; the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;
• 2 Chronicles 4:19Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple: the golden altar; the tables on which was the bread of the Presence;
• 2 Chronicles 13:11Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the Lord our God. But you have forsaken him.
• Hebrews 9:2A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was 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