KJV King James Version
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
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Leviticus 24:6
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou hast set them two ranks (six in the rank) on the pure table before Jehovah,
Surrounding context — Leviticus 24
3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: [it shall be] a statute for ever in your generations.
4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
7 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.
8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, [being taken] from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
9 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it [is] most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
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וְשַׂמְתָּ֥H7760 · sumto set: makeאוֹתָ֛םH853 · et[Obj.]שְׁתַּ֥יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoמַֽעֲרָכ֖וֹתH4635 · ma.a.re.khetrowשֵׁ֣שׁH8337 · sheshsixהַֽמַּעֲרָ֑כֶתH4635 · ma.a.re.khetrowעַ֛לH5921 · aluponהַשֻּׁלְחָ֥ןH7979 · shul.chantableהַטָּהֹ֖רH2889 · ta.horpureלִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
1 Kings 7:48And Solomon made all the vessels that [pertained] unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread [was],Exodus 25:23-24Thou shalt also make a table [of] shittim wood: two cubits [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.Exodus 37:10-16And he made the table [of] shittim wood: two cubits [was] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:2 Chronicles 13:11And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also [set they in order] upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.Hebrews 9:2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein [was] the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.2 Chronicles 4:19And Solomon made all the vessels that [were for] the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread [was set];Exodus 39:36The table, [and] all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,1 Corinthians 14:40Let all things be done decently and in order.Exodus 40:22-23And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
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