Exodus 25:30

“You shall set on the table the bread of the presence before me continually.”

Exodus 25:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Theme · Matthew 12:4

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Jesus recalls that David ate the bread of the presence, which only the priests could eat; Exodus 25:30 commands that it be set on the table, before YHWH, always.

The same term appears in both passages.

  • לֶחֶםlejemH3899ἄρτουςartousG740“bread, food”

Exodus 25:30, word by word

You shall setנָתַתָּnatata

put

To place something somewhere.

Where else “natata” appears
the tableשֻּׁלְחָןshulchan

table

A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.

Where else “shulchan” appears
the breadלֶחֶםlechem

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

Where else “lechem” appears
of the presenceפָּנִיםpanim

presence

Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.

Where else “panim” appears
continuallyתָּמִידtamid

continually

Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.

Where else “tamid” appears

Translation note

The “bread of the presence” (literally “bread of the face”) was twelve loaves that were set before YHWH and changed every Sabbath (Leviticus 24:5-9). Jesus mentions it in Matthew 12:3-4.

The context

29You shall make its plates, its spoons, its jars, and its bowls, with which drink offerings are poured; of pure gold you shall make them.

30 · This verse (above)

31You shall make a lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work the lampstand shall be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

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