Matthew 12:4

How is it that he went into the house of God and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him and his companions to eat but was reserved for the priests?

Exodus 25:30

You are to put the bread of the Presence on the table before me continuously."

Leviticus 24:5-9

Take fine flour and bake twelve cakes using two tenths of a measure for each cake.

Exodus 29:32-33

Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram along with the bread that is in the basket at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 8:31

Then he told Aaron and his sons, "Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. You may eat it there, along with the bread that is in the basket for consecration, just as I've commanded when I told him, "Aaron and his sons may eat of it,

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Summary

How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

The shew-bread

Bible References

The shew-bread

Exodus 25:30
You are to put the bread of the Presence on the table before me continuously."
Leviticus 24:5
Take fine flour and bake twelve cakes using two tenths of a measure for each cake.

But

Exodus 29:32
Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram along with the bread that is in the basket at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.
Leviticus 8:31
Then he told Aaron and his sons, "Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. You may eat it there, along with the bread that is in the basket for consecration, just as I've commanded when I told him, "Aaron and his sons may eat of it,
Leviticus 24:9
This gift will belong to Aaron and his sons, and they are to eat it in a sacred place, because it's the most holy thing for him of all the offerings made by fire to the LORD. This is to be an eternal ordinance."

General references

Exodus 25:30
You are to put the bread of the Presence on the table before me continuously."
Exodus 40:23
and properly arranged the bread on it in the LORD's presence, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Leviticus 24:8
They are to be arranged every Sabbath day in the LORD's presence as a gift from the Israelis an eternal covenant.

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