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Complete Jewish Bible

Exodus 40:23

He arranged a row of bread on it before Adonai , as Adonai had ordered Moshe.

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

16 Moshe did this — he acted in accordance with everything Adonai had ordered him to do. 17 (LY: vi) On the first day of the first month of the second year, the tabernacle was set up. 18 Moshe erected the tabernacle, put its sockets in place, put up its planks, put in its crossbars and set up its posts. 19 He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent above it, as Adonai had ordered Moshe. 20 He took and put the testimony inside the ark, put the poles on the ark, and set the ark-cover above, on the ark. 21 Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, set up the curtain as a screen and concealed the ark for the testimony, as Adonai had ordered Moshe. 22 He put the table in the tent of meeting on the side of the tabernacle facing north, outside the curtain. 23 He arranged a row of bread on it before Adonai , as Adonai had ordered Moshe. 24 He put the menorah in the tent of meeting across from the table, on the side of the tabernacle facing south. 25 Then he lit the lamps before Adonai , as Adonai had ordered Moshe.

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 the truth is that I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and here too I have done nothing wrong that would justify putting me in this dungeon."
Genesis 40:16
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Yosef, "I too saw in my dream: there were three baskets of white bread on my head.
Job 19:14
my kinsfolk have failed me, and my close friends have forgotten me.
Psalms 31:12
I am scorned by all my adversaries, and even more by my neighbors; even to acquaintances I am an object of fear — when they see me in the street, they turn away from me.
Psalms 105:19
until the time when his word proved true, God's utterance kept testing him.
Amos 6:6
You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but feel no grief at the ruin of Yosef.

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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