“Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves;(A) each loaf is to be made with four quarts.[a] Arrange them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table(B) before the Lord. Place pure frankincense(C) near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion(D) for the bread and a food offering(E) to the Lord. The bread is to be set out before the Lord every Sabbath day as a permanent covenant(F) obligation on the part of the Israelites. It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place, for it is the holiest portion for him from the food offerings to the Lord; this is a permanent rule.”

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  1. 24:5 Lit two-tenths of an ephah

“Take the finest flour and bake twelve loaves of bread,(A) using two-tenths of an ephah[a](B) for each loaf. Arrange them in two stacks, six in each stack, on the table of pure gold(C) before the Lord. By each stack put some pure incense(D) as a memorial[b] portion(E) to represent the bread and to be a food offering presented to the Lord. This bread is to be set out before the Lord regularly,(F) Sabbath after Sabbath,(G) on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant. It belongs to Aaron and his sons,(H) who are to eat it in the sanctuary area,(I) because it is a most holy(J) part of their perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 24:5 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms
  2. Leviticus 24:7 Or representative