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Leviticus 24:8

Israel

6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.

7 And 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.

Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

9 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.

10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

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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
Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
KJV
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
WEB
Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually. It is an everlasting covenant on the behalf of the children of Israel.
ASV
Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
DARBY
Every sabbath day he shall arrange it before Jehovah continually, on the part of the children of Israel: [it is] an everlasting covenant.
BLB
On the Sabbath day by Sabbath day he shall arrange it before the face of YHWH continually on behalf of the sons of Israel as an everlasting covenant.
ÅB
På hver sabbatsdag skal brødene gjennom alle tider legges fram for Herrens åsyn; det skal være en gave fra Israels barn - en evig pakt.
OTB
Dette brødet skal legges frem for Herren regelmessig, hver sabbat, som en evigvarende pakt for israelittene.
B1930
På hver sabbatsdag skal brødene gjennem alle tider legges frem for Herrens åsyn; det skal være en gave fra Israels barn - en evig pakt.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 4:7

    And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:4

    Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:32

    And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

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  • Nehemiah 10:33

    For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:29

    Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

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  • Matthew 12:3–5

    But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

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