24 Bible Verses about Showbread

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Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.

1 Chronicles 9:32

And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

Leviticus 24:7-8

And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.

Leviticus 24:9

And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.

Matthew 12:4-5

how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests? Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

Exodus 26:35

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

Hebrews 9:2

For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein were the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.

Exodus 25:23-28

And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits'shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.read more.
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table. And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Numbers 4:7-8

And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups wherewith to pour out; and the continual bread shall be thereon: and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof.

Numbers 4:16

And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the furniture thereof.

Exodus 28:10-12

six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

Exodus 25:30

And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway.

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.

1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

Nehemiah 10:32-33

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

1 Chronicles 23:29

for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;

Exodus 40:23

And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Leviticus 24:6

And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.

Leviticus 24:7

And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

1 Samuel 21:4-6

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day shall their vessels be holy? So the priest gave him holy bread ; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

Matthew 12:4

how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?

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Showbread » Placed in two rows on the table by the priests

Exodus 25:30

And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway.

Exodus 40:23

And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Leviticus 24:6

And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.

Showbread » Illustrative of » The church

Showbread » Prepared by levites

1 Chronicles 9:32

And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

1 Chronicles 23:29

for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;

Showbread » Materials for, provided by the people

Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.

Nehemiah 10:32-33

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

Showbread » Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases

Matthew 12:4

how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?

1 Samuel 21:4-6

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day shall their vessels be holy? So the priest gave him holy bread ; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

Showbread » Table of » Placed in the north side of the tabernacle

Hebrews 9:2

For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein were the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.

Exodus 40:22

And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.

Showbread » Table of » Had rings of gold in the corners for the staves

Exodus 25:26-27

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.

Showbread » After removal from the table given to the priests

Leviticus 24:9

And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.

Showbread » Was changed every sabbath day

Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.

Showbread » Pure frankincense placed on

Leviticus 24:7

And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

Showbread » Twelve cakes of fine flour

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.

Showbread » Called hallowed bread

1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

Showbread » Table of » Had dishes, spoons, covers, and bowls of gold

Exodus 25:29

And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the flagons thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

Showbread » Table of » Had staves of shittim wood covered with gold

Exodus 25:28

And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Showbread » Table of » Had an ornamental border

Exodus 25:25

And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

Showbread » Table of » Dimensions, &c of

Exodus 25:23

And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits'shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Showbread » Table of » Covered with gold

Exodus 25:24

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

Showbread » Table of » Directions for removing

Numbers 4:7

And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups wherewith to pour out; and the continual bread shall be thereon:

Showbread » Illustrative of » Christ, as the bread of life

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