Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Leviticus 24:5

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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, Lev 24:3, Lev 24:6, Lev 24:7. 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 note on Sa1 21:6), the urgent necessity alone justifying the act. The Hebrew signifies bread of faces, or, of the face. Exo 25:30, Exo 40:23; Kg1 18:31; Sa1 21:4, Sa1 21:5; Mat 12:4; Act 26:7; Jam 1:1 Leviticus 24:6

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