KJV ORIGINAL
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
You must arrange them in two rows, with six loaves in each row, on the clean table in the LORD's presence.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is giving specific instructions for how to arrange the sacred bread as an offering in His holy place.
📚 Historical Context
This verse refers to the showbread (also called the bread of presence) that was placed weekly in the tabernacle and later the temple. These twelve loaves represented the twelve tribes of Israel and were arranged on a special golden table as a perpetual offering before God. The priests would eat the previous week's bread and replace it with fresh loaves every Sabbath.
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