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Leviticus 24:5
And thou shalt take fine flour, wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; two-tenth deals (a little more than five quarts) shall be in one cake.
And thou shalt take fine flour, wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; two-tenth deals (a little more than five quarts) shall be in one cake.
Verse Leviticus 24:5. _BAKE TWELVE CAKES_] See the whole account of the _shew-bread_ in _Clarke's notes on "_Exodus 25:30_"_; and relative to the table on which they stood, the _golden candlestick_ a...
The oil for the lamps of the tabernacle and the meal for the showbread were to be offerings from the Congregation, like the meal for the Pentecostal loaves, Leviticus 23:17. It appears that the respon...
2. PRIESTLY DUTIES: THE LIGHT AND THE SHEWBREAD CHAPTER 24:1-9 _ 1. The light (Leviticus 24:1)_ 2. The shewbread (Leviticus 24:5) This chapter is not disconnected from the preceding one as some cla...
THE SHEWBREAD (P). First mentioned in 1 Samuel 21:1 (_cf._ Mark 2:25 ff.), also 1 Kings 7:48 (_cf._ Exodus 25:30 *,...
TWO. Only one required for the ordinary meal offering (Exodus 29:40; Numbers 15:4; Numbers 28:9; Numbers 28:13, &c). TENTH DEALS. See
_twelve cakes_ Though probably alluding in the Jewish ritual to the number of the tribes, the original reference in the corresponding Babylonian rite was doubtless to the signs of the zodiac. See Zimm...
_The ordering of the shewbread_ Cp. Exodus 25:30; Exodus 37:10 ff.; Numbers 4:7. The -twelve cakes" are not here given this name. For its origin and for parallels to the custom in other religions, se...
DISCOURSE: 139 THE SHEW-BREAD Leviticus 24:5. And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth-deals shall be in one cake. And thou shalt set them in two rows. six on a row, up...
BAKE TWELVE CAKES THEREOF— The order given, Exodus 25:30 respecting the _shew-bread,_ is here repeated more particularly. The _cakes_ were to be _twelve_ in number, representing the twelve tribes, as...
b. THE SHOWBREAD 24:5-9 TEXT 24:5-9 5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts _of an ephah_ shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six...
_AND THOU SHALT TAKE FINE FLOUR, AND BAKE TWELVE CAKES THEREOF: TWO TENTH DEALS SHALL BE IN ONE CAKE._ Take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes - for the showbread, as previously appointed (Exodus 25:3...
OIL FOR THE LAMPS. THE SHEWBREAD. LAWS ON BLASPHEMY 1-4. Oil for the Lamps in the Tabernacle. On the construction of the Lampstand see Exodus 25:31, and with the present passage cp. Exodus 27:20 and...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
AND BAKE TWELVE CAKES. — The next order is about the preparation of the shewbread, and the use to be made of it. It was made in the following manner. Twenty-four seahs of wheat, which were brought as...
וְ לָקַחְתָּ֣ סֹ֔לֶת וְ אָפִיתָ֣ אֹתָ֔הּ שְׁת
THE HOLY LIGHT AND THE SHEW BREAD: THE BLASPHEMER'S END Leviticus 24:1 IT is not easy to determine with confidence the association of thought which occasioned the interposition of this chapter, with...
THE "BREAD OF THE PRESENCE" Leviticus 24:5 "And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. And thou shalt set them in two rows, six o...
LIGHT AND BREAD AND THE HOLY NAME Leviticus 24:1 The words “Before the Lord” are twice repeated in the opening paragraph. The pure lamplight, emblematic of the influence of a religious life; and the...
As this chapter is read, it seems at first to be out of place or out of order. Yet undoubtedly it is not so. The fact that we may not be able clearly to see the connection does not warrant its omissio...
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two (c) tenth deals shall be in one cake. (c) That is, two omers, read (Exodus 16:16)....
_Bake. The family of Caath had to perform this office, 1 Paralipomenon ix. 32, and xxiii. 29. (Menochius) --- [Ver. 7.] Incense. Septuagint add, "salt." Villalpand also places wine on the table. (B. i...
The order for keeping the LORD'S table always furnished with bread, was appointed in Exodus 25:30. And no doubt this was a sweet type of him who is the bread of life, which came down from heaven, impl...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
We now come to the third part of the external service of God, which will bring us to the end of our exposition of the Second Commandment. We have, then, now to treat of the sacred oblations, the first...
The remaining Chapter s of this book appear to me to have a special bearing. The Spirit of God has presented, in chapter 23, the history of the ways of God towards His people upon earth from beginning...
AND THOU SHALT TAKE FINE FLOUR,.... Of wheat, and the finest of it: AND BAKE TWELVE CAKES THEREOF; answerable to the twelve tribes, as the Targum of Jonathan, which were typical of the spiritual Isra...
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. Ver. 5. _Twelve cakes._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 12:4 _"_...
_Thou shalt take_ By the priests or Levites, whose work it was to prepare them, 1 Chronicles 9:32. _Twelve cakes_ Representing the twelve tribes. _Two tenth-deals shall be in one cake_ That is, two om...
1 The oyle for the lampes. 5 The Shewbread. 10 Shelomiths sonne blasphemeth. 13 The Law of Blasphemie. 17 Of Murther. 18 Of Damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned. [THE SHEWBREAD.] 1 AND the LORD...
CONTINUAL LIGHT (VV. 1-4) Here Moses is told to command the children of Israel that they bring pure olive oil for the seven lamps, never allowing the supply of oil to lapse, so that the lamps would bu...
1-9 The loaves of bread typify Christ as the Bread of life, and the food of the souls of his people. He is the Light of his church, the Light of the world; in and through his word this light shines. B...
THOU SHALT TAKE; by the priests or Levites, whose work it was to prepare them, 1 CHRONICLES 9:32. TWELVE CAKES, representing the twelve tribes. TWO TENTH DEALS, i.e. two omers. See LEVITICUS 23:13....
There is very much to interest the spiritual mind in this brief section. We have seen in chapter 23. the history of the dealings of God with Israel, from the offering up of the Pascal Lamb, until the...
Leviticus 24:5 take H3947 (H8804) flour H5560 bake H644 (H8804) twelve H6240 cakes H2471 Two-tenths...
THE SHOWBREAD (LEVITICUS 24:5). The showbread consisted of twelve large cakes placed on the table in the Holy Place. It was the responsibility of the sons of Kohath (1 Chronicles 9:32). The number twe...
CONTENTS: Penalty of blasphemy. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, son of Israelitish woman. CONCLUSION: If those who profane the name of God escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer th...
Leviticus 24:2. _Cause the lamps to burn continually._ The heathens also had lamps in their temples. In France it is amusing to see a dim light glimmering through the church windows; and truly it is h...
_Pure oil-olive beaten for the light._ DIRECTIONS FOR FURNISHING OF THE SANCTUARY Care is here taken, and orders given, for the decent furnishing of the candlestick and table in God’s house. I. The...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 24:1 These verses may have been a reminder not to forget the daily tabernacle activities in between the annual festivals described in ch. Leviticus 23:1....
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 24:5 The TWELVE LOAVES symbolize the 12 tribes of Israel as they stand in God’s presence. In Exodus 25:30 the loaves are called “the b
Sanctuary Light; The Shewbread; Blasphemy Punished SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 24:1.—Cause the lamps to burn continually. There is a Light whose radiance never dims, whose glow never pales—self-lum...
EXPOSITION A connection between Leviticus 23:1, and Le Leviticus 24:1 is found by Keil in the fact that the oil for the holy lamps and the shewbread were offerings of the people, a sacrificial gift wi...
Now the beginning of chapter twenty-four, God commands them to bring olive oil so that they might keep the lamps burning continually in the tabernacle. Then God explains the shew bread. He gives the f...
1 Kings 18:31; 1 Samuel 21:4; 1 Samuel 21:5; Acts 26:7; Exodus 25:30;...
Thou — By the priests or Levites, whose work it was to prepare them, 1 Chronicles 9:32. Twelve cakes — Representing the twelve tribes....