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Leviticus 24:5

3 Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.

4 He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.

You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

6 and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.

7 And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
KJV
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
WEB
“You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenths of an ephah shall be in one cake.
ASV
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts [of an ephah] shall be in one cake.
DARBY
And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.
BLB
And you shall take fine flour and bake with it two [and] ten cakes; two tenths [of an ephah] shall be one cake.
ÅB
Du skal ta fint mel og bake tolv kaker av det; hver kake skal være to tiendedeler av en efa.
OTB
"Ta fint mel og bak tolv brød med det, bruk to tiendedeler av en efa for hvert brød.
B1930
Du skal ta fint mel og bake tolv kaker av det; hver kake skal være to tiendedeler av en efa.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 25:30

    And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

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  • 1 Samuel 21:4–5

    “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

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  • Exodus 40:23

    He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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  • 1 Kings 18:31

    And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”

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  • Matthew 12:4

    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.

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  • Acts 26:7

    the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

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  • James 1:1

    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

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