Shewbread
24 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
18 sections
- After Removal from the Table Given to the Priests
- Called Hallowed Bread
- Christ As the Bread of Life
- Materials For, Provided by the People
- Not Lawful for Any but the Priests to Eat, Except in Extreme
- Placed in Two Rows on the Table by the Priests
- Prepared by Levites
- Pure Frankincense Placed On
- Table of Covered with Gold
- Table of Dimensions of
- Table of Directions for Removing
- Table of had an Ornamental Border
- Table of had Dishes, Spoons, Covers, and Bowls of Gold
- Table of had Rings of Gold in the Corners for the Staves
- Table of had Staves of Shittim Wood Covered with Gold
- Table of Placed in the North Side of the Tabernacle
- The Church
- Twelve Cakes of Fine Flour
After Removal from the Table Given to the Priests
- Leviticus 24:9 It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD — his portion forever.”
Called Hallowed Bread
- 1 Samuel 21:4 “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.”
Christ As the Bread of Life
- John 6:48 I am the bread of life.
Materials For, Provided by the People
- Leviticus 24:8 Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
- 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: …
Not Lawful for Any but the Priests to Eat, Except in Extreme
- 1 Samuel 21:4–6 “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.” …
- 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.
Placed in Two Rows on the Table by the Priests
- Exodus 25:30 And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
- Exodus 40:23 He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Leviticus 24:6 and set them in two rows — six per row — on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
Prepared by 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.
Pure Frankincense Placed On
- Leviticus 24:7 And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD.
Table of Covered with Gold
- Exodus 25:24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
Table of Dimensions of
- Exodus 25:23 You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Table of Directions for Removing
- 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.
Table of had an Ornamental Border
- Exodus 25:25 And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
Table of had Dishes, Spoons, Covers, and Bowls of Gold
- Exodus 25:29 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.
Table of had Rings of Gold in the Corners for the Staves
- Exodus 25:26–27 Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs. …
Table of had Staves of Shittim Wood Covered with Gold
- Exodus 25:28 Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
Table of Placed in the North Side of the Tabernacle
- Exodus 40:22 Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
- 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.
The Church
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
- 1 Corinthians 10:17 Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
Twelve Cakes of Fine Flour
- Leviticus 24:5 You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.