24 Bible Verses about Showbread

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Leviticus 24:8

Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement made for ever.

1 Chronicles 9:32

And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.

Leviticus 24:7-8

And on the lines of cakes put clean sweet-smelling spices, for a sign on the bread, an offering made by fire to the Lord. Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement made for ever.

Leviticus 24:9

And it will be for Aaron and his sons; they are to take it for food in a holy place: it is the most holy of all the offerings made by fire to the Lord, a rule for ever.

Matthew 12:4-5

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests? Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

Exodus 26:35

And outside the veil you are to put the table, and the support for the lights opposite the table on the south side of the House; and the table is to be on the north side.

Hebrews 9:2

For the first Tent was made ready, having in it the vessels for the lights and the table and the ordering of the bread; and this is named the holy place.

Exodus 25:23-28

And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high, Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it; And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame.read more.
And make four gold rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table; The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted. Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.

Numbers 4:7-8

And on the table of the holy bread they are to put a blue cloth, and on it all the vessels, the spoons and the basins and the cups; and the holy bread with them; And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.

Numbers 4:16

And Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, is to be responsible for the oil for the light, and the sweet perfumes for burning, and the regular meal offering, and the holy oil; the House and the holy place and everything in it will be in his care.

Exodus 28:10-12

Six names on the one stone and six on the other, in the order of their birth. With the work of a jeweller, like the cutting of a stamp, the names of the children of Israel are to be cut on them, and they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold. And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.

1 Corinthians 10:17

Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.

Exodus 25:30

And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread.

Leviticus 24:5

And take the best meal and make twelve cakes of it, a fifth part of an ephah in every cake.

1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

Nehemiah 10:32-33

And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God; For the holy bread, and for the regular meal offering and the regular burned offering on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and the fixed feasts, and for the sin-offerings to take away the sin of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

1 Chronicles 23:29

The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;

Exodus 40:23

And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.

Leviticus 24:6

And put them in two lines, six in a line, on the holy table before the Lord.

Leviticus 24:7

And on the lines of cakes put clean sweet-smelling spices, for a sign on the bread, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

1 Samuel 21:4-6

And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made holy. So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.

Matthew 12:4

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

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Showbread » Placed in two rows on the table by the priests

Exodus 25:30

And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread.

Exodus 40:23

And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.

Leviticus 24:6

And put them in two lines, six in a line, on the holy table before the Lord.

Showbread » Illustrative of » The church

1 Corinthians 10:17

Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.

Showbread » Prepared by levites

1 Chronicles 9:32

And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.

1 Chronicles 23:29

The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;

Showbread » Materials for, provided by the people

Leviticus 24:8

Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement made for ever.

Nehemiah 10:32-33

And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God; For the holy bread, and for the regular meal offering and the regular burned offering on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and the fixed feasts, and for the sin-offerings to take away the sin of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

Showbread » Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases

Matthew 12:4

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

1 Samuel 21:4-6

And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made holy. So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.

Showbread » Table of » Placed in the north side of the tabernacle

Hebrews 9:2

For the first Tent was made ready, having in it the vessels for the lights and the table and the ordering of the bread; and this is named the holy place.

Exodus 40:22

And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.

Showbread » Table of » Had rings of gold in the corners for the staves

Exodus 25:26-27

And make four gold rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table; The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted.

Showbread » After removal from the table given to the priests

Leviticus 24:9

And it will be for Aaron and his sons; they are to take it for food in a holy place: it is the most holy of all the offerings made by fire to the Lord, a rule for ever.

Showbread » Was changed every sabbath day

Leviticus 24:8

Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement made for ever.

Showbread » Pure frankincense placed on

Leviticus 24:7

And on the lines of cakes put clean sweet-smelling spices, for a sign on the bread, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Showbread » Twelve cakes of fine flour

Leviticus 24:5

And take the best meal and make twelve cakes of it, a fifth part of an ephah in every cake.

Showbread » Called hallowed bread

1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

Showbread » Table of » Had dishes, spoons, covers, and bowls of gold

Exodus 25:29

And make the table-vessels, the spoons and the cups and the basins for liquids, all of the best gold.

Showbread » Table of » Had staves of shittim wood covered with gold

Exodus 25:28

Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.

Showbread » Table of » Had an ornamental border

Exodus 25:25

And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame.

Showbread » Table of » Dimensions, &c of

Exodus 25:23

And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high,

Showbread » Table of » Covered with gold

Exodus 25:24

Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it;

Showbread » Table of » Directions for removing

Numbers 4:7

And on the table of the holy bread they are to put a blue cloth, and on it all the vessels, the spoons and the basins and the cups; and the holy bread with them;

Showbread » Illustrative of » Christ, as the bread of life

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