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 Living Translation (NLT)Put some pure frankincense near each stack to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 24:7

5“And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. 6You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord. 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. 8Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. 9And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, by a perpetual statute.”

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 shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests, one of whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour and oil with all the frankincense. And the priest shall burn it as a memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord.
• Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
• Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
• Revelation 8:3Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
• John 6:35And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
• Genesis 9:16The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
• Exodus 12:14‘So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.
• Exodus 13:9It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.
• Exodus 17:14Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”
• Acts 10:4And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, lord?” So he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.
• 1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;

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