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Exodus 40:23

He set the bread [of the Presence] in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Obedience;   Shewbread (Showbread);   Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dedication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Shewbread;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Shewbread;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   Last Days at Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Furniture;   Order;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Leviticus;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He set the bread in order on it before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moshe.
King James Version
And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Lexham English Bible
And he arranged on it an arrangement of bread before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
New Century Version
Then he put the bread on the table before the Lord , just as the Lord commanded him.
New English Translation
And he set the bread in order on it before the Lord , just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
New American Standard Bible
And he set the arrangement of bread in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And set the bread in order before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Legacy Standard Bible
He set the arrangement of bread in order on it before Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Contemporary English Version
after which the bread was set on the table.
Complete Jewish Bible
He arranged a row of bread on it before Adonai , as Adonai had ordered Moshe.
Darby Translation
and arranged the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he put the bread on the table before the Lord . He did this just as the Lord had commanded him.
English Standard Version
and arranged the bread on it before the Lord , as the Lord had commanded Moses.
George Lamsa Translation
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Good News Translation
and placed on it the bread offered to the Lord , just as the Lord had commanded.
Christian Standard Bible®
He arranged the bread on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him.
Literal Translation
And he set the bread in order on it before the face of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and prepared bred theron before ye LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him.
American Standard Version
And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Bible in Basic English
And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And set the bread in order before the Lorde [euen] as the Lorde had commaunded Moyses.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he set a row of bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
King James Version (1611)
And he set the bread in order vpon it, before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he put on it the shewbread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
English Revised Version
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he ordeynede the looues of settyng forth bifore, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.
Young's Literal Translation
and setteth in order upon it the arrangement of bread, before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Update Bible Version
And he set the bread in order on it before Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
World English Bible
He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
New King James Version
and he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
New Living Translation
And he arranged the Bread of the Presence on the table before the Lord , just as the Lord had commanded him.
New Life Bible
He set the bread in its place on the table before the Lord, just as the Lord had told Moses.
New Revised Standard
and set the bread in order on it before the Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and set in order thereupon the arrangement of bread before Yahweh, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(40-20) And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, without the veil,
Revised Standard Version
and set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He set the arrangement of bread in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Contextual Overview

16Thus Moses did; in accordance with all that the LORD commanded him, so he did. 17Now it happened on the first day of the first month (Abib) in the second year [after the exodus from Egypt], that the tabernacle was erected. 18Moses erected the tabernacle, laid its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars and erected its support poles. 19He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, just as the LORD had commanded him. 20He took the Testimony [the stones inscribed with the Ten Commandments] and put it into the ark [of the covenant], and placed the poles [through the rings] on the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark. 21Moses brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up a veil (partition) for the screen (curtain), and screened off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him. 22Then he put the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil. 23He set the bread [of the Presence] in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him. 24Then he put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. 25Moses mounted and lighted the lamps [on the lampstand] before the LORD, just as the LORD commanded him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 40:4, Exodus 25:30, Matthew 12:4, Hebrews 9:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:22 - General Exodus 25:23 - a table Exodus 37:10 - General Leviticus 24:5 - General Leviticus 24:6 - pure 1 Kings 7:48 - the table Psalms 99:6 - Moses Hosea 9:4 - their bread

Cross-References

Genesis 40:15
"For in fact I was taken (stolen) from the land of the Hebrews by [unlawful] force, and even here I have done nothing for which they should put me in the dungeon."
Genesis 40:16
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation [of the dream] was good, he said to Joseph, "I also dreamed, and [in my dream] there were three cake baskets on my head;
Job 19:14
"My relatives have failed [me], And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
Psalms 31:12
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
Psalms 105:19
Until the time that his word [of prophecy regarding his brothers] came true, The word of the LORD tested and refined him.
Amos 6:6
Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls And anoint themselves with the finest oils [reflecting their unrestrained celebration]; Yet they are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph (Israel).

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord,.... The shewbread, the twelve cakes of it, in two rows, six in a row:

as the Lord had commanded Moses: Exodus 25:30.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moses performed these priestly functions (Exodus 28:1 note), before the holy things with which they were performed were anointed. The things had been made expressly for the service of Yahweh, by His command, and in this fact lay their essential sanctity, of which the anointing was only the seal and symbol. Aaron and his sons, on similar ground, having had the divine call, took part in the service of the sanctuary as soon as the work was completed Exodus 40:31. But Moses took part with them, and most likely took the lead, until they were consecrated and invested Leviticus 8:0 and publicly set apart for the office.

Exodus 40:26

Before the vail - That is, opposite to the ark, in the middle between the table of showbread on the North and the candlestick on the South.


 
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