Matthew 12:4

New Revised Standard Version

He entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests.

Cross References

Exodus 25:30

And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always.

Leviticus 8:31

And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I was commanded, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it’;

Matthew 12:3

He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

Matthew 12:5

Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests in the temple break the sabbath and yet are guiltless?

Mark 2:26

He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions.”

Luke 6:4

He entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and gave some to his companions?”

Hebrews 9:2

For a tent was constructed, the first one, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the Presence; this is called the Holy Place.

1 Samuel 21:4

The priest answered David, “I have no ordinary bread at hand, only holy bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him the holy bread; for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.