Thematic Bible: Shewbread


Thematic Bible



A tabernacle (sacred tent) was put up, the outer one or first section, in which were the lampstand and the table with [its loaves of] the sacred showbread; this is called the Holy Place.

Every morning and every evening they offer the burnt offerings and the fragrant incense to the Lord; and the showbread is set on the clean table [of pure gold], and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we keep the charge of the Lord our God [that is, the obligation we have to Him], but you have abandoned (turned away from) Him.

“You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.

the table [for the bread] and its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the [golden] altar of incense,

Bezalel made the table [for the bread] of acacia wood; it was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.

Then he put the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

Now their responsibilities involved the ark, the table [on which the bread of the Presence was placed], the lampstand, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the curtain, and all the service concerning them.