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Lay pure incense on top of each stack. The incense on the bread will be a reminder, an offering by fire to the Lord. Every day of rest is a holy day when the ⌞priest⌟ must arrange the bread in the Lord’s presence. It is a continual reminder of my promise [a] to the Israelites. The bread will belong to Aaron and his sons. They will eat it in a holy place. It is very holy, set apart from the Lord’s offering by fire. This is a permanent law.”

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  1. 24:8 Or “covenant.”

By each stack put some pure incense(A) as a memorial[a] portion(B) 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,(C) Sabbath after Sabbath,(D) on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant. It belongs to Aaron and his sons,(E) who are to eat it in the sanctuary area,(F) because it is a most holy(G) part of their perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 24:7 Or representative