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Lev. 24:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelvee cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

Ex. 25:30• ³⁰And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me continually. (Ex. 25:30)

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Ministry on This Verse

The loaves of bread which the officiating priest placed every sabbath day upon the golden table in the Sanctum, before the Lord, were twelve in number, representing the twelve tribes of Israel.

The loaves must have been large, since two tenth deals (about six pints) of flour were used for each, Le 24:3, 6, 7.

They were served up hot on the sabbath day in the Sanctum, when the stale ones, which had been exposed the whole week, were taken away, and none but the priests were allowed to eat them.

In an extraordinary extremity, David and his men partook of the shew-bread, (see 1 Sa 21:6,) the urgent necessity alone justifying the act.

The Hebrew signifies bread of faces, or, of the face.See

Ex. 25:30• ³⁰And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me continually. (Ex. 25:30)

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Ex. 40:23• ²³and arranged the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Ex. 40:23)

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1 Kings 18:31• ³¹And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: (1 Kings 18:31)

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1 Sam. 21:4‑5• ⁴And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
⁵And David answered the priest and said to him, Yes indeed, women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, and the more so, because today new is hallowed in the vessels. (1 Sam. 21:4‑5)

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Matt. 12:4• ⁴How he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only? (Matt. 12:4)

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Acts 26:7• ⁷unto which our twelve tribes earnestly serving night and day hope to arrive. And concerning this hope I am accused by Jews, O King. (Acts 26:7)

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James 1:1• ¹James, bondman of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that [are] in the dispersion, greeting. (James 1:1)

• the pure table with its twelve loaves of fine flour represents Him as the heavenly food of the priests, Him Who was also the manna that came down for the people on earth. And as the spiritual fullness was aptly couched under the seven lamps of the candlesticks, so the twelve loaves pointed to the human or administrative fullness of Christ. (“Leviticus 24:1-9, The Duties of the Sanctuary” by W. Kelly)

• Jesus was also the bread of life as man; and if Israel see this not yet, any more than the light of heaven, we whom by grace He made priests delight in both. For what nourishment is there not in that glorified Man whom we henceforth know and feed on (2 Cor. 5:16, 17)? (“Leviticus 24:1-9, The Duties of the Sanctuary” by W. Kelly)

• The frankincense typifies the sweet fragrance of Christ to God. Observe therefore that Israel in its twelve tribes is ever presented before God, covered with all the fragrance of Christ, and maintained there through all the night of their unbelief in virtue of what He is, and of what He has done—the sure promise of their future restoration and blessing. Hence the loaves were to be set in order “before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant” (Lev. 24:8). They may be unfaithful, as they have been, but God cannot deny Himself; He abideth faithful, and as a consequence, though they have been scattered throughout the world because of their unbelief, He will yet perform His counsels of mercy and truth, and gather them (“The Table of the Shewbread: Exodus 25:23-30” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.

W. Kelly Translation

And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.