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- THE TABLE OF SHEWBREAD
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- The table of shewbread was placed on the north side of the tabernac-
- le, facing opposite the golden lampstand (Exodus 40:22).
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- It was made of acacia wood, two cubits long, one broad, and one and
- one half high, overlaid with pure gold. The top of the table rested on a
- frame, a handbreadth deep, while round it ran a "crown" or molding of gold,
- projecting above the top, to keep articles from slipping off the table. Rings
- were attached to each corner of the table for the carrying staves (Exodus
- 25:23-30; 37:10-16).
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- The bread placed upon the table was made of fine wheat flour (unleav-
- ened), baked in twelve loaves (cakes), each containing one fifth of an ephah of
- flour. They were renewed every Sabbath to be eaten by the priests exclusively
- (and that in the sanctuary only), and were then replaced by fresh loaves (1
- Samuel 21:6), which had been prepared overnight by the Levites (1 Chronicles
- 9:32). To each pile of loaves incense was added "for a memorial, even an of-
- fering made by fire unto the LORD" (Leviticus 24:5-9).
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