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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• 23Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be 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 thereto a crown of gold round about.
 25And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
 26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
 27Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
 28And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
 29And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
 30And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway. (Ex. 25:23‑30)
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Lev. 24:5‑8• 5And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
 6And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.
 7And 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.
 8Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by 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• 23Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be 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 thereto a crown of gold round about.
 25And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
 26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
 27Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
 28And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
 29And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
 30And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway. (Ex. 25:23‑30)
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Ex. 37:10‑16• 10And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was 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 thereunto a crown of gold round about.
 12Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
 13And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
 14Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
 15And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
 16And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. (Ex. 37:10‑16)
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Lev. 24:5‑8• 5And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
 6And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.
 7And 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.
 8Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by 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.