Leviticus 24:8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 24:8

Before the Lord, whence it was called the shew-bread, Heb. the bread of faces, or of presence, i.e. the bread which was put upon the table in the Lord’s presence. Being taken; such supplements are not unusual. Thus in the floor, 1 Kings 22:10, is put for sitting in the floor, 2 Chronicles 18:9; and burdens, 2 Chronicles 2:18, for carrying burdens, 1 Kings 5:15. And these cakes are said to be received from or offered by the children of Israel, because they were bought with the money which they... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Leviticus 24:1-23

Sanctuary Light; The Shewbread; Blasphemy PunishedSUGGESTIVE READINGSLeviticus 24:1-4.—Cause the lamps to burn continually. There is a Light whose radiance never dims, whose glow never pales—self-luminous and eternally lustrous; “that is the True Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world” (John 1:9). But our illumined lives, made by grace to shine even amid the beauty of God’s sanctuary, these need constant fostering and care, or their glory would wane. Because the virgins... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Leviticus 24:5-9

DISCOURSE: 139THE SHEW-BREADLeviticus 24:5-9. And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth-deals shall be in one cake. And thou shalt set them in two rows. six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord. Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:1-23

Chapter 24Now the beginning of chapter twenty-four, God commands them to bring olive oil so that they might keep the lamps burning continually in the tabernacle.Then God explains the shew bread. He gives the formula by which it should be made, and how it should be laid out in two rows of six upon the golden table there in the tabernacle. How it was to be changed once a week. The bread that was then being removed was to be eaten only by the priest. It was a holy bread because it had stood there... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 24:1-23

Leviticus 24:2. Cause the lamps to burn continually. The heathens also had lamps in their temples. In France it is amusing to see a dim light glimmering through the church windows; and truly it is hardly decent to leave such good company as Mary and Peter without a candle. Leviticus 24:10. Whose father was an Egyptian. Exodus 12:38. We read that a mixed multitude emigrated from Egypt with the Israelites, and left the yoke of their oppressors behind. These mixed marriages produced an ill-... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Leviticus 24:2-9

Leviticus 24:2-9Pure oil-olive beaten for the light.Directions for furnishing of the sanctuaryCare is here taken, and orders 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 (Exodus 27:20-21). It is here repeated, probably because now it began to be put in execution when other things were settled.1. The people were to provide oil (Leviticus 24:2); and this, as everything else that was to be used... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Leviticus 24:8

Lev 24:8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, [being taken] from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. Ver. 8. Every Sabbath. ] So must the bread of life be every Sabbath at least set before the saints. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Leviticus 24:8

Numbers 4:7, 1 Chronicles 9:32, 1 Chronicles 23:29, 2 Chronicles 2:4, Nehemiah 10:33, Matthew 12:3-Deuteronomy : Reciprocal: Exodus 40:4 - the things that Leviticus 21:22 - both read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.From the children of Israel — And these cakes are said to be received from or offered by the children of Israel, bought with the money which they contributed.By an everlasting covenant — By virtue of that compact made between me and them, by which they were obliged to keep this amongst other commands, and, they so doing, I am obliged to be their God and to... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 24:5-9

ORDINANCE OF THE SHOWBREAD, Leviticus 24:5-9 This had already been offered at the dedication of the tabernacle, and placed by Moses upon the table. Exodus 39:36; Exodus 40:23. The quantity of the material and the number of the loaves are here specified, also their arrangement on the table and the period of their renewal. read more

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