Leviticus 24:5-9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 24:1-9

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, Exod. 27:20, 21. It is here repeated, probably because it now began to be put in execution, when other things were settled. 1. The people were to provide oil (Lev. 24:2), and this, as every thing else that was to be used in God's service, must be of the best, pure olive-oil, beaten, probably it was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:5

And thou shalt take fine flour ,.... Of wheat, and the finest of it: and bake twelve cakes thereof ; answerable to the twelve tribes, as the Targum of Jonathan, which were typical of the spiritual Israel of God: two tenth deals shall be in one cake ; that is, two tenth parts of an ephah, which were two omers, one of which was as much as a man could eat in one day of the manna: so that one of these cakes was as much as two men could eat of bread in one day; each cake was ten hands'... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:6

And thou shalt set them in two rows ,.... The twelve cakes: six on a row ; not by the side of each other, but six upon one another: upon the pure table ; the shewbread table, so called because overlaid with pure gold, and kept clean and bright, Exodus 25:24 , before the Lord ; for this stood in the holy place, in the same place as the candlestick did, which has the same position, Leviticus 24:4 ; of the mystical and typical sense of these cakes; see Gill on Exodus 25:30 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:7

And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row ,.... Two cups of frankincense, in each of which was an handful of it, and which were set by each row of the cakes, as Jarchi observes: that it may be on the bread for a memorial ; or "for the bread", instead of it, for a memorial of it; that being to be eaten by the priests, and this to be burned on the altar to the Lord, as follows: even an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; not the bread that was after a time taken away,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:8

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 old ones, which was done in this manner; four priests went in, two had in their hands the two rows (of bread), and two had in their hands two cups (of frankincense); four went before these, two to take away the two rows (of the old bread), and two to take away the two cups (of frankincense);... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:9

And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' ,.... The twelve cakes of the old bread, when taken off the shewbread table; these were divided between the courses of the priests that carried in and brought out; and the high priest had half from each course, so that the half was for Aaron or the high priest, and the other half for his sons, or the priests that ministered F9 Maimon. Hilchot Tamidin, c. 4. sect. 12,14. : and they shall eat it in the holy place ; in the tabernacle or some court... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 24:5

Bake twelve cakes - See the whole account of the shew-bread in the notes on Exodus 25:30 ; (note); and relative to the table on which they stood, the golden candlestick and silver trumpets carried in triumph to Rome, see the note on Exodus 25:31 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 24:5

Verse 5 We now come to the third part of the external service of God, which will bring us to the end of our exposition of the Second Commandment. We have, then, now to treat of the sacred oblations, the first place amongst which I have thought it best to give to the loaves, which had their peculiar table opposite the candlestick on the north side, as we saw in the construction of the Tabernacle; for although the mention of them will recur elsewhere, yet, since they were offered separately, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:1-9

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:1-9

The lamps of the seven-branched candlestick burnt throughout the whole night in the tabernacle; and the shewbread was constantly set forth upon the golden table. They may be taken to symbolize: 1 . The constant illumination vouchsafed by God to his Church through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. 2 . The spiritual food constantly supplied by him in his Church to those who come in faith to have their wants supplied. 1 . I. ILLUMINATION BY THE SPIRIT WAS PROMISED BY ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 24:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 24:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 24:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:1-9

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