Matthew 12:4

how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

Exodus 25:30

You are to set the Bread of the Presence on the table before me continually.

Leviticus 24:5-9

"You must take choice wheat flour and bake twelve loaves; there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in each loaf,

Exodus 29:32-33

Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that was in the basket at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Leviticus 8:31

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the meat at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and there you are to eat it and the bread which is in the ordination offering basket, just as I have commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons are to eat 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 set the Bread of the Presence on the table before me continually.
Leviticus 24:5
"You must take choice wheat flour and bake twelve loaves; there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in each loaf,

But

Exodus 29:32
Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that was in the basket at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Leviticus 8:31
Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the meat at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and there you are to eat it and the bread which is in the ordination offering basket, just as I have commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons are to eat it,'
Leviticus 24:9
It will belong to Aaron and his sons, and they must eat it in a holy place because it is most holy to him, a perpetual allotted portion from the gifts of the Lord."

General references

Exodus 25:30
You are to set the Bread of the Presence on the table before me continually.
Exodus 40:23
And he set the bread in order on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Leviticus 24:8
Each Sabbath day Aaron must arrange it before the Lord continually; this portion is from the Israelites as a perpetual covenant.

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