So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there other than the bread of the Presence. It had been removed from before the Lord in order to replace it with hot bread on the day it had been taken away. Verse Concepts

Matthew 12:3-4

He said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry -- 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?

Mark 2:25-26

He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry -- how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?"

Luke 6:3-4

Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry -- how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?"

Shewbread (showbread) » Furniture of

Numbers 4:7

"On the table of the presence they must spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring, and the Bread of the Presence must be on it continually. Verse Concepts

Exodus 37:16

He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings. Verse Concepts

Exodus 25:29-30

You are to make its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings; you are to make them of pure gold. You are to set the Bread of the Presence on the table before me continually.

Shewbread (showbread) » For the temple

1 Kings 7:48

Solomon also made all these items for the Lord's temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence, Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 4:19

Solomon also made these items for God's temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence was kept, Verse Concepts

1 Kings 7:50

the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple. Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 4:22

the pure gold trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple. Verse Concepts

Shewbread (showbread) » Ordinances concerning

Exodus 25:23-28

"You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches. You are to overlay it with pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it. You are to make a surrounding frame for it about three inches broad, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame. read more.
You are to make four rings of gold for it and attach the rings at the four corners where its four legs are. The rings are to be close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table. You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

Exodus 37:10-15

He made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches. He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame. read more.
He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were. The rings were close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table. He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

Shewbread (showbread) » Required to be kept before the lord continually

Exodus 25:30

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

2 Chronicles 2:4

Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor the Lord my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the Lord our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis. Verse Concepts

Shewbread (showbread) » Its position in the tabernacle

Exodus 26:35

You are to put the table outside the curtain and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table, and you are to place the table on the north side. Verse Concepts

Exodus 40:22

And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain. Verse Concepts

Shewbread (showbread) » Prepared by the levites

1 Chronicles 9:32

Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath. Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 23:29

They also took care of the bread that is displayed, the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring. Verse Concepts

Shewbread (showbread) » Consecration of

Exodus 30:26-27

"With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense,

Exodus 30:29

So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy. Verse Concepts

Shewbread (showbread) » Placed on the table of shewbread (see table of, below.)

Exodus 40:22-23

And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain. And he set the bread in order on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Shewbread (showbread) » Provided by a yearly per capita tax

Nehemiah 10:32-33

We accept responsibility for fulfilling the commands to give one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple of our God, for the loaves of presentation and for the regular grain offerings and regular burnt offerings, for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, for the appointed meetings, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the temple of our God.

Shewbread (showbread) » Ordinance concerning

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, and you must set them in two rows, six in a row, on the ceremonially pure table before the Lord. You must put pure frankincense on each row, and it will become a memorial portion for the bread, a gift to the Lord. read more.
Each Sabbath day Aaron must arrange it before the Lord continually; this portion is from the Israelites as a perpetual covenant. 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."

Shewbread (showbread) » How removed

Numbers 4:15

"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting. Verse Concepts

Numbers 4:7

Shewbread (showbread) » Called hallowed bread

1 Samuel 21:6

Shewbread (showbread) » Also called the bread of the presence

Hebrews 9:2

For a tent was prepared, the outer one, which contained the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this is called the holy place. Verse Concepts

Shewbread (showbread) » Table of