Thematic Bible: Shewbread (showbread)


Thematic Bible



So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the show-bread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him; How he entered into the house of God, and ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them who were with him, but only for the priests?

And he said to them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God, in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show-bread, which it is not lawful to eat, but for the priests, and gave also to them who were with him?

And Jesus answering them, said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was hungry, and they who were with him; How he went into the house of God, and took and ate the show-bread, and gave also to them that were with him, which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?


And upon the table of show-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover with: and the continual bread shall be upon it.

And he made the vessels which were upon the table, its dishes, and its spoons, and its bowls, and its covers to cover with, of pure gold.

And thou shalt make its dishes, and its spoons, and its covers, and its bowls, to cover it with: of pure gold shalt thou make them. And thou shalt set upon the table show-bread before me always.


And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained to the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, upon which was the show-bread,

And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables on which the show-bread was set;

And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.


Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: its length shall be two cubits, and its breadth a cubit, and its hight a cubit and a half. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make to it a crown of gold around it. And thou shalt make to it a border of an hand-breadth around it, and thou shalt make a golden crown to its border around it. read more.
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet. Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staffs to bear the table. And thou shalt make the staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its hight: And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made to it a crown of gold round about. Also he made to it a border of a hand-breadth round about; and made a crown of gold for its border round about. read more.
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in its four feet. Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staffs, to bear the table. And he made the staffs of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.


And thou shalt set upon the table show-bread before me always.

Behold, I build a house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual show-bread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.


And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle towards the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.


And others of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show-bread, to prepare it every sabbath.

Both for the show-bread, and for the fine flour for meat-offering, 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;


And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony, And the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of incense,

And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them shall be holy.


And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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 show-bread, and for the continual meat-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.


And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth-parts shall be in one cake. And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to the LORD. read more.
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.


And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to move forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

And upon the table of show-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover with: and the continual bread shall be upon it.


So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the show-bread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.


For there was a tabernacle made; the first, in which was the candlestick, and the table, and the show-bread; which is called the sanctuary.


For there was a tabernacle made; the first, in which was the candlestick, and the table, and the show-bread; which is called the sanctuary.