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two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths <i>of an ephah</i> shall be in each cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths <i>of an ephah</i> shall be <i>in</i> each cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths <i>of an ephah</i> shall be <i>in</i> each cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths <i>of an ephah</i> shall be <i>in</i> each cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes (bread of the Presence, showbread) with it; two-tenths of <i>an ephah</i> shall be in each cake (loaf).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take fine flour and bake it into 12 loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Use your finest flour to bake twelve loaves of bread about two kilograms each, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Also take flour and bake twelve rings of bread. Each ring will contain four quarts of flour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Take twenty-four pounds of flour and bake twelve loaves of bread. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Take fine flour and bake twelve cakes using two tenths of a measure for each cake. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"You must take choice wheat flour and bake twelve loaves; there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in each loaf,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve loaves of it: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one loaf.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth-parts shall be in one cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenths of an ephah shall be in one cake. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have taken flour, and have baked twelve cakes with it, two-tenth parts are in one cake,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And take the fine flour and bake it, twelve cakes; two tenths shall be the one cake.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt take also fine hour, and shalt bake twelve leaves thereof, two tenths shall be in every loaf : <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You shall also receive fine wheat flour, and you shall bake twelve loaves from it, each loaf of which shall have two-tenths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall take bran flour and bake it into twelve cakes, using two tenths of an ephah of flour for each cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall take choice flour, and bake twelve loaves of it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And take fine flour and bake twelve cakes of two tenths of an ephah for one cake.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall take fine flour, and make of it twelve loaves; each loaf shall be of two tenth parts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/24-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6462" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/24.htm">The Showbread</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wə·lā·qaḥ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">You are also to take</a> <a href="/hebrew/5560.htm" title="5560: sō·leṯ (N-fs) -- Fine flour. From an unused root meaning to strip; flour.">fine flour</a> <a href="/hebrew/644.htm" title="644: wə·’ā·p̄î·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To bake. A primitive root; to cook, especially to bake.">and bake</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·têm (Number-fd) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">twelve</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘eś·rêh (Number-fs) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2471.htm" title="2471: ḥal·lō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A cake (a type used in offerings). From chalal; a cake.">loaves,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">using</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">two-tenths of an ephah</a> <a href="/hebrew/6241.htm" title="6241: ‘eś·rō·nîm (N-mp) -- Tenth part. Or oissaron; from eser; a tenth part."></a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: hā·’e·ḥāṯ (Art:: Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">for each</a> <a href="/hebrew/2471.htm" title="2471: ha·ḥal·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A cake (a type used in offerings). From chalal; a cake.">loaf,</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-30.htm">Exodus 25:30</a></span><br />And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31-34</a></span><br />Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. / Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’” / So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-2.htm">Exodus 29:2</a></span><br />along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/39-36.htm">Exodus 39:36</a></span><br />the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-7.htm">Numbers 4:7</a></span><br />Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-48.htm">1 Kings 7:48</a></span><br />Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-32.htm">1 Chronicles 9:32</a></span><br />Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-4.htm">2 Chronicles 2:4</a></span><br />Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-11.htm">2 Chronicles 13:11</a></span><br />Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Nehemiah 10:33</a></span><br />for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-4.htm">Matthew 12:4</a></span><br />He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-26.htm">Mark 2:26</a></span><br />During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-4.htm">Luke 6:4</a></span><br />He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-2.htm">Hebrews 9:2</a></span><br />A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/24-3.htm">Leviticus 24:3,6,7</a></b></br> Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: <i>it shall be</i> a statute for ever in your generations… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/21-6.htm">1 Samuel 21:6</a></b></br> So the priest gave him hallowed <i>bread</i>: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/25-30.htm">Exodus 25:30</a></b></br> And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/40-23.htm">Exodus 40:23</a></b></br> And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/16-23.htm">Bake</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">Best</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-20.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-26.htm">Cake</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-13.htm">Cakes</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Deals</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Ephah</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Flour</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Loaves</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-37.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Part</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-27.htm">Tenth</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Tenth-Parts</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Tenths</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/exodus/39-14.htm">Twelve</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Two-Tenths</a> <a href="/exodus/38-8.htm">Using</a> <a href="/exodus/29-40.htm">Wheaten</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Bake</a> <a href="/numbers/13-20.htm">Best</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-7.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/numbers/6-19.htm">Cake</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-7.htm">Cakes</a> <a href="/numbers/15-6.htm">Deals</a> <a href="/numbers/5-15.htm">Ephah</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-13.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/numbers/6-15.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/numbers/6-15.htm">Flour</a> <a href="/joshua/5-11.htm">Loaves</a> <a href="/numbers/4-16.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-8.htm">Part</a> <a href="/numbers/10-5.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Tenth</a> <a href="/numbers/28-9.htm">Tenth-Parts</a> <a href="/numbers/15-6.htm">Tenths</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/numbers/1-44.htm">Twelve</a> <a href="/numbers/15-6.htm">Two-Tenths</a> <a href="/numbers/21-27.htm">Using</a> <a href="/exodus/29-2.htm">Wheaten</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-1.htm">The oil for the lamps</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">The showbread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-10.htm">Shelomith's son blasphemes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-13.htm">The law of blasphemy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-17.htm">Of murder</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-18.htm">Of damage</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/24-23.htm">The blasphemer is stoned</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Israel, fine flour was a staple in offerings, symbolizing the best of what the people could offer to God. This reflects the principle of giving God the first and best of one's resources, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9</a>. The use of fine flour also points to the meticulous care and preparation required in worship, paralleling the purity and sinlessness of Christ, who is the Bread of Life (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>).<p><b>and bake twelve loaves</b><br>The twelve loaves represent the twelve tribes of Israel, signifying the unity and collective worship of the entire nation before God. This act of baking and presenting the loaves was a continual reminder of God's provision and the covenant relationship between God and His people. The number twelve is significant throughout Scripture, often symbolizing completeness and divine order, as seen in the twelve apostles in the New Testament (<a href="/matthew/10-2.htm">Matthew 10:2-4</a>).<p><b>using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf</b><br>An ephah was a unit of dry measure used in ancient Israel, roughly equivalent to 22 liters or about 5.8 gallons. Two-tenths of an ephah per loaf indicates a substantial amount of flour, emphasizing the importance and sacredness of this offering. This specific measurement underscores the precision and care in following God's instructions, reflecting the detailed nature of the Mosaic Law. The careful measurement can also be seen as a type of Christ, who fulfills the Law with precision and completeness (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites, who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai, including the instructions for the Tabernacle and its services.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were given the Law to guide their worship and daily living as they journeyed to the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The portable sanctuary where God dwelled among His people and where the Israelites performed their religious duties, including the offering of the showbread.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/showbread.htm">Showbread (Bread of the Presence)</a></b><br>The twelve loaves of bread placed on the Table of Showbread in the Tabernacle, representing the twelve tribes of Israel and God's provision.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The descendants of Aaron, responsible for maintaining the Tabernacle and performing the rituals, including the preparation and presentation of the showbread.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbol_of_provision.htm">Symbol of Provision</a></b><br>The showbread symbolizes God's continual provision for His people. Just as the Israelites relied on God's sustenance, we are called to trust in His provision for our daily needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/representation_of_community.htm">Representation of Community</a></b><br>The twelve loaves represent the twelve tribes of Israel, emphasizing the unity and community of God's people. In the church today, we are reminded of our collective identity in Christ and our responsibility to support one another.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_worship.htm">Holiness and Worship</a></b><br>The preparation and presentation of the showbread were acts of worship, reminding us of the importance of approaching God with reverence and purity in our worship practices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_the_fulfillment.htm">Christ as the Fulfillment</a></b><br>Jesus, as the "bread of life," fulfills the symbolism of the showbread, offering spiritual nourishment and eternal life to all who believe in Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_david_lawfully_eat_holy_bread.htm">How could David lawfully eat the consecrated bread reserved for priests (1 Samuel 21:4–6)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_showbread_practices.htm">Is there any archaeological evidence that showbread was baked and replaced exactly as commanded (Leviticus 24:5–9)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_david_eat_the_showbread.htm">Why did David eat the showbread in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_bread_table_unrecorded_later.htm">Exodus 25:23 – Why do later biblical accounts give no clear record of the table for the Bread of the Presence, suggesting a potential inconsistency or loss in Israel’s history?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">And bake twelve cakes.</span>--The next order is about the preparation of the shewbread, and the use to be made of it. It was made in the following manner. Twenty-four seahs of wheat, which were brought as a meat offering, were beaten and ground, and after passing through twelve different sieves each finer than the other, twenty-four tenth-deals of the finest flour were obtained. The dough was kneaded outside the court, and after it was put into a golden mould of a definite size and form to impart the prescribed size and shape to each cake, was brought into the court. Here it was taken out of the first golden mould, and put into a second of the same material and form, and baked in it. As soon as it was taken out of the oven the cake was put into a third mould of the like description, and when it was turned out of it the cake was ten handbreadths long, five broad, one finger thick, and square at each end. Each cake, therefore, was made of two omers of wheat, or, as it is here said, of two tenth-parts of anephah, which is the same thing. (See <a href="/leviticus/14-10.htm" title="And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.">Leviticus 14:10</a>.) As an omer is the quantity which, according to the Divine ordinance (<a href="/context/exodus/16-16.htm" title="This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take you every man for them which are in his tents.">Exodus 16:16-19</a>), supplies the daily wants of a human being, each of these cakes represents the food of a man and his neighbour, whilst the twelve cakes answered to the twelve tribes of Israel. Hence the ancient Ohaldee version has, after the words "twelve cakes," "according to the twelve tribes." The baking of these cakes took place every Friday afternoon, or Thursday if a feast which required Sabbatical rest fell on Friday. According to the testimony of those who were eyewitnesses to the baking, these cakes were unleavened.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 5-9.</span> - The shewbread, or bread of the face, that is, of the presence, was to be made of <span class="cmt_word">fine flour</span>, that is, of wheat, and to consist of <span class="cmt_word">twelve cakes</span> or loaves, to represent the twelve tribes of Israel, each loaf containing upward of six pounds of flour. The loaves were placed <span class="cmt_word">upon the pure table before the Lord</span>; that is, on the golden table of shewbread within the sanctuary - which stood not far from the vail which partitioned off the holy of holies - toward the north, as the candlestick was toward the south. The loaves were set, not, probably, <span class="cmt_word">in two rows, six on a row</span>, as they could have hardly stood in that position on so small a table as the table of shewbread (which was only three feet by one foot and a half), but <span class="accented">in piles, six in a pile.</span> Upon them, or more probably between the two piles, were placed two vials or cups filled with frankincense (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 3:07, 6). The shewbread was renewed every sabbath day, with much ceremony. "Four priests," says the Mishna, "enter, two of them carrying the piles of bread, and two of them the cups of incense. Four priests had gone in before them, two to take off the two old piles of shrewbread, and two to take off the cups of incense. Those who brought in the new stood at the north side facing southwards; those who took away the old, at the south side, facing northwards. One party lifted off and the other put on, the hands of one being over against the hands of the other, as it is written, Thou shalt set upon the table bread of the Passover always before me" ('Men.,' 11:7). The loaves that were removed were delivered to the priests for their consumption within the tabernacle, the whole quantity amounting to seventy-five pounds of bread per week. It was this bread which, in the pressure of necessity, Abimelech gave to David and his men (<a href="/1_samuel/21-4.htm">1 Samuel 21:4-6</a>). At the same time that the old loaves were changed, the frankincense was burned on the golden altar of incense for a memorial, even <span class="cmt_word">an offering made by fire unto the Lord.</span> There is nothing in Scripture to prove whether the loaves were leavened or unleavened. As being the meat offering of the tabernacle, we should expect them to be unleavened, like the meat offering of the court, but there was a reason why the meat offering of the court should be unleavened, which did not operate in the case of the shewbread. A part of the ordinary meat offering had to be burnt on the altar of burnt sacrifice; therefore it could not be leavened, because no leaven might be burned on the altar; but the shewbread was not burnt on any altar, and consequently it need not for that reason be unleavened. The two Pentecostal loaves, which were offered to the Lord by waving instead of burning, were leavened. The probabilities derived from Scripture appear to be equally strong on either side. Josephus states that they were unleavened ('Ant.,' 3:06, 6; 10, 7). <p> CHAPTER 24:10-23 The reason why the narrative of the blasphemer's death (verses 10-23) is introduced in its present connection, is simply that it took place at the point of time which followed the promulgation of the last law. It serves, however, to vindicate by a memorable example the principle which is at the foundation of every Mosaic law. "I am the Lord" is the often-repeated sanction, whether of a moral law or of a ceremonial regulation. But this bastard Israelite, one of the mixed multitude that had followed in the flight from Egypt (<a href="/exodus/12-38.htm">Exodus 12:38</a>), blasphemed the Name of the Lord. If such blasphemy were to go unpunished, the obligation of law was dissolved. For, as Lange has said, "A community which suffers the reviling of the principle of their community without reaction, is morally fallen to pieces." He was brought, therefore, to Moses, and so solemn was the occasion, that Moses reserved the case, for which no provision had yet been made, for the special decision of God. The specific judgment on the man is that he shall die by stoning at the hands of the congregation, after the witnesses of his sin had laid their hands upon his head; and a general law is founded on the special case. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/24-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are also to take</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלָקַחְתָּ֣</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lā·qaḥ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fine flour</span><br /><span class="heb">סֹ֔לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(sō·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5560.htm">Strong's 5560: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fine flour</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bake</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָפִיתָ֣</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·p̄î·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_644.htm">Strong's 644: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cook, to bake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">twelve</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁתֵּ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(šə·têm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - fd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">loaves,</span><br /><span class="heb">חַלּ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥal·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2471.htm">Strong's 2471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cake (a type used in offerings)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">using</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְיֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">two-tenths of an ephah</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for each</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֶחָֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’e·ḥāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">loaf,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽחַלָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥal·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2471.htm">Strong's 2471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cake (a type used in offerings)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 24:5 You shall take fine flour and bake (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/24-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 24:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 24:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/24-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 24:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 24:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>