Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
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Gill's Exposition
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually,.... That is, the priest or priests then ministering, who should bring new cakes and place them in the above order, having removed…
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, Lev 23:17. It appears that the…
Care is here taken, and orders are given, for the decent furnishing of the candlestick and table in God's house.
I. The lamps must always be kept burning. The law for this we had before, Exo 27:20,…
The ordering of the shewbread
Cp. Exo 25:30; Exo 37:10 ff.; Num 4:7. The -twelve cakes" are not here given this name. For its origin and for parallels to the custom in other religions, see Driver,…
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