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
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