Shewbread (Showbread)
20 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
14 sections
- (Also Called the Bread of the Presence)
- “Unlawfully” Eaten by David
- Called Hallowed Bread
- Consecration of
- Furniture of
- How Removed
- Its Position in the Tabernacle
- Ordinance Concerning
- Ordinances Concerning
- Placed on the Table of Shewbread (See Table of, Below)
- Prepared by the Levites
- Provided by a Yearly Per Capita Tax
- Required to be Kept Before the Lord Continually
- Table of
(Also Called the Bread of the Presence)
- Hebrews 9:2 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
“Unlawfully” Eaten by David
- 1 Samuel 21:6 So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
- Matthew 12:3–4 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? …
- Mark 2:25–26 Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? …
- Luke 6:3–4 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? …
Called Hallowed Bread
- 1 Samuel 21:6 So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
Consecration of
- Exodus 30:26–27 Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony, …
- Exodus 30:29 You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
Furniture of
- Exodus 25:29–30 You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold. …
- Exodus 37:16 He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.
- Numbers 4:7 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.
How Removed
- Numbers 4:7 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.
- Numbers 4:15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will …
Its Position in the Tabernacle
- Exodus 26:35 And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
- Exodus 40:22 Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
Ordinance Concerning
- Leviticus 24:5–9 You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf, …
Ordinances Concerning
- Exodus 25:23–28 You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. …
- Exodus 37:10–15 He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. …
Placed on the Table of Shewbread (See Table of, Below)
- Exodus 40:22–23 Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil. …
Prepared by the Levites
- 1 Chronicles 9:32 Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.
- 1 Chronicles 23:29 as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
Provided by a Yearly Per Capita Tax
- Nehemiah 10:32–33 We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God: …
Required to be Kept Before the Lord Continually
- Exodus 25:30 And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 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 …
Table of
- Hebrews 9:2 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
Related topics
ShewbreadShewbread (Showbread) for the Temple
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.