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Num. 4:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And upon the table
shulchan (Hebrew #7979)
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
KJV usage: table.
Pronounce: shool-khawn'
Origin: from 7971
s oft showbread
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
they shall spread
paras (Hebrew #6566)
to break apart, disperse, etc.
KJV usage: break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).
Pronounce: paw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
a cloth
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
of blue
tkeleth (Hebrew #8504)
the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
KJV usage: blue.
Pronounce: tek-ay'-leth
Origin: probably for 7827
, and put
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
thereon the dishes
q`arah (Hebrew #7086)
a bowl (as cut out hollow)
KJV usage: charger, dish.
Pronounce: keh-aw-raw'
Origin: probably from 7167
, and the spoons
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
, and the bowls
mnaqqiyth (Hebrew #4518)
a sacrificial basin (for holding blood)
KJV usage: bowl.
Pronounce: men-ak-keeth'
Origin: from 5352
, and covers
qasah (Hebrew #7184)
from an unused root meaning to be round; a jug (from its shape)
KJV usage: cover, cup.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: or qasvah {kas-vaw'}
to γcover withal
necek (Hebrew #5262)
from 5258; a libation; also a cast idol
KJV usage: cover, drink offering, molten image.
Pronounce: neh'-sek
Origin: or necek {nay'-sek}
: and the continual
tamiyd (Hebrew #8548)
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
KJV usage: alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, ((n-))ever(-more), perpetual.
Pronounce: taw-meed'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to stretch
bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
shall be thereon:
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Ex. 25:23‑30• 23And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood, two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
 24And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make upon it a border of gold round about.
 25And thou shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about, and shalt make a border of gold for the margin thereof round about.
 26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings at the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
 27Close to the margin shall the rings be, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table.
 28And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried upon them.
 29And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and cups thereof, and goblets thereof, and bowls thereof, with which to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
 30And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually. (Ex. 25:23‑30)
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Lev. 24:5‑8• 5And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.
 6And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.
 7And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row; and it shall be a bread of remembrance, an offering by fire to Jehovah.
 8Every sabbath day he shall arrange it before Jehovah continually, on the part of the children of Israel: it is an everlasting covenant. (Lev. 24:5‑8)
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or, pour out.

More on:

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Blue,
Bread,
Cloth,
Shewbread,
Table of Shewbread

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the table.
Ex. 25:23‑30• 23And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood, two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
 24And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make upon it a border of gold round about.
 25And thou shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about, and shalt make a border of gold for the margin thereof round about.
 26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings at the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
 27Close to the margin shall the rings be, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table.
 28And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried upon them.
 29And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and cups thereof, and goblets thereof, and bowls thereof, with which to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
 30And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually. (Ex. 25:23‑30)
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Ex. 37:10‑16• 10And he made the table of acacia-wood; two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
 11And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made upon it a border of gold round about.
 12And he made for it a margin of a hand-breadth round about; and made a border of gold for the margin thereof round about.
 13And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were on the four feet thereof.
 14Close to the margin were the rings, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table.
 15And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
 16And he made the utensils that were on the table, the dishes thereof, and the cups thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the goblets with which to pour out, of pure gold. (Ex. 37:10‑16)
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Lev. 24:5‑8• 5And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.
 6And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.
 7And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row; and it shall be a bread of remembrance, an offering by fire to Jehovah.
 8Every sabbath day he shall arrange it before Jehovah continually, on the part of the children of Israel: it is an everlasting covenant. (Lev. 24:5‑8)
cover withal.
or, pour out withal.
the continual.The Israelites, without doubt, were able to procure corn enough from the adjacent countries, even when in the wilderness, to make the shewbread, and to present the daily meat offerings.
• After the ark comes the table of showbread; it was a figure of Christ in the divine perfection of justice and holiness, according to the power of the eternal Spirit, in connection with the perfection of human administration, which manifests itself in the number twelve and in the loaves, of which the twelve tribes, and the twelve apostles, were the expression. (“Numbers 4” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue; and put thereon the dishes, and the cups, and the bowls, and goblets of the drink-offering; and the continual bread shall be thereon.