Leviticus Chapter 24 verse 6 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) In two rows, six on a row.--Better, in two piles, six on a pile. The table on which the cakes are here ordered to be put stood along the northern or most sacred side of the holy place. Like all the sacred furniture, except the Ark of the Covenant, it was ranged lengthways of the sanctuary. It was one cubit and a half, or nine handbreadths high; the surface board or plate was two cubits, or twelve handbreadths long, and one cubit or six handbreadths broad. These twelve cakes were placed one upon another in two piles lengthwise on the breadth of the table. As the cakes were ten handbreadths long, and the table was only six handbreadths wide, the cakes projected two hand breadths at each side of the table.Upon the pure table.--According to the interpretation which obtained during the second Temple, this denotes that the cakes are to be put upon the table itself, and not upon the hollow golden rods which were on the table to allow the air to pass through to prevent the shewbread becoming mouldy during the week. These hollow tubes are to be placed between the cakes, whilst the cakes themselves are to be put on the table itself and not on the tubes, so as to be raised above the table.Before the Lord.--That is, the table which stood before the Lord, for it was placed in the sanctuary. The cakes, therefore, which were thus ranged upon it were constantly before God. Hence, not only is the table called "the table of His Presence" (Numbers 4:7), but the cakes are called "the bread of His Presence" (Exodus 25:30; Exodus 35:13; Exodus 39:36). The rendering of the Authorised Version, "table of shewbread," and "shewbread," is taken from Luther, and does not express the import of the names. The names, "the bread set in order," "the sets of bread," and the "table set in order," which were given to the cakes (1Chronicles 9:32; 1Chronicles 23:29; 2Chronicles 13:11; Nehemiah 10:33) and to the table (2Chronicles 29:18) in later times, and which are unjustifiably obliterated in the Authorised Version, are derived from this verse where the cakes are ordered to be ranged in two "sets." . . . Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewand setוְשַׂמְתָּ֥ (wə·śam·tā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, setthemאוֹתָ֛ם (’ō·w·ṯām)Direct object marker | third person masculine pluralStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative casein twoשְׁתַּ֥יִם (šə·ta·yim)Number - fdStrong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)rows—מַֽעֲרָכ֖וֹת (ma·‘ă·rā·ḵō·wṯ)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 4634: An arrangement, a pile, a military arraysixשֵׁ֣שׁ (šêš)Number - feminine singularStrong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number)per row—הַֽמַּעֲרָ֑כֶת (ham·ma·‘ă·rā·ḵeṯ)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 4635: An arrangement, a pileonעַ֛ל (‘al)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstthe tableהַשֻּׁלְחָ֥ן (haš·šul·ḥān)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7979: A table, a mealof pure goldהַטָּהֹ֖ר (haṭ·ṭā·hōr)Article | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 2889: Clean, purebeforeלִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructStrong's 6440: The facethe LORD.יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of IsraelJump to PreviousGold Holy Lines Pure Rank Ranks Row Rows Six Table