24 Bible Verses about Showbread

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Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually: an everlasting covenant of the sons of Israel.

1 Chronicles 9:32

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

Leviticus 24:7-8

And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each order, that it may be on the bread for an aroma and incense unto the LORD. Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually: an everlasting covenant of the sons of Israel.

Leviticus 24:9

And it shall belong to Aaron 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 on fire, by a perpetual statute.

Matthew 12:4-5

how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath and are blameless?

Exodus 26:35

And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the Negev (south desert), and thou shalt put the table on the side of the Aquilon (north wind).

Hebrews 9:2

For there was a tabernacle made: the first, in which was the lampstand and the table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary.

Exodus 25:23-28

Thou shalt likewise make a table of cedar wood; two cubits shall be its length and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. And thou shalt cover it with pure gold and make a moulding of gold round about it. And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden moulding to its border round about.read more.
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. And thou shalt make the staves of cedar wood and cover them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Numbers 4:7-8

And upon the table of showbread 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. And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins and shall put in the staves thereof.

Numbers 4:16

But unto the care of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be the oil of the light and the aromatic incense and the daily present and the anointing oil and the care of all the tabernacle and of all that is therein, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

Exodus 28:10-12

Six of their names on one stone and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave those two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; thou shalt make them to be set in settings of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

Exodus 25:30

And thou shalt set the showbread upon the table before me always.

Leviticus 24:5

And thou shalt take fine flour and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two-tenth deals.

1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand; there is only sacred bread, which I will give thee if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

Nehemiah 10:32-33

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God, for the showbread and for the continual present and for the continual burnt offering, and of the sabbaths and of the new moons, for the appointed feasts and for the holy things and for the atonement for sin to reconcile Israel and for all the work of the house of our God.

1 Chronicles 23:29

both for the showbread and for the fine flour for the sacrifice 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,

Exodus 40:23

And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 24:6

And thou shalt set them in two orders, six in each order, upon the clean table before the LORD.

Leviticus 24:7

And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each order, that it may be on the bread for an aroma and incense unto the LORD.

1 Samuel 21:4-6

And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand; there is only sacred bread, which I will give thee if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. And David answered the priest and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us since yesterday and the day before yesterday since I came out, and the vessels of the young men were holy although the way is profane; how much more that today it shall be sanctified with the vessels. So the priest gave him the sacred bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread that had been taken from before the LORD to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

Matthew 12:4

how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

From Thematic Bible


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

Exodus 25:30

And thou shalt set the showbread upon the table before me always.

Exodus 40:23

And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 24:6

And thou shalt set them in two orders, six in each order, upon the clean table before the LORD.

Showbread » Illustrative of » The church

Showbread » Prepared by levites

1 Chronicles 9:32

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

1 Chronicles 23:29

both for the showbread and for the fine flour for the sacrifice 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,

Showbread » Materials for, provided by the people

Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually: an everlasting covenant of the sons of Israel.

Nehemiah 10:32-33

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God, for the showbread and for the continual present and for the continual burnt offering, and of the sabbaths and of the new moons, for the appointed feasts and for the holy things and for the atonement for sin to reconcile 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 entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

1 Samuel 21:4-6

And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand; there is only sacred bread, which I will give thee if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. And David answered the priest and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us since yesterday and the day before yesterday since I came out, and the vessels of the young men were holy although the way is profane; how much more that today it shall be sanctified with the vessels. So the priest gave him the sacred bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread that had been taken from before the LORD to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

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

Hebrews 9:2

For there was a tabernacle made: the first, in which was the lampstand and the table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary.

Exodus 40:22

And he put the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, upon the side of the Aquilon of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

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

Exodus 25:26-27

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

Showbread » After removal from the table given to the priests

Leviticus 24:9

And it shall belong to Aaron 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 on fire, by a perpetual statute.

Showbread » Was changed every sabbath day

Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually: an everlasting covenant of the sons of Israel.

Showbread » Pure frankincense placed on

Leviticus 24:7

And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each order, that it may be on the bread for an aroma and incense unto the LORD.

Showbread » Twelve cakes of fine flour

Leviticus 24:5

And thou shalt take fine flour and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two-tenth deals.

Showbread » Called hallowed bread

1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand; there is only sacred bread, which I will give thee if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

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

Exodus 25:29

And thou shalt make the dishes thereof and spoons thereof and covers thereof and bowls thereof to cover the bread; of pure gold shalt thou make them.

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

Exodus 25:28

And thou shalt make the staves of cedar wood and cover them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Showbread » Table of » Had an ornamental border

Exodus 25:25

And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden moulding to its border round about.

Showbread » Table of » Dimensions, &c of

Exodus 25:23

Thou shalt likewise make a table of cedar wood; two cubits shall be its length and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

Showbread » Table of » Covered with gold

Exodus 25:24

And thou shalt cover it with pure gold and make a moulding of gold round about it.

Showbread » Table of » Directions for removing

Numbers 4:7

And upon the table of showbread 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.

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

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