Put the bread of the Presence on this table to be before me at all times.
Matthew 12:4 - New International Version (Anglicised) He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread – which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 how he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How he went into the house of God and ate the loaves of the showbread–which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for the men who accompanied him, but for the priests only? American Standard Version (1901) how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests? Common English Bible He went into God’s house and broke the law by eating the bread of the presence, which only the priests were allowed to eat. Catholic Public Domain Version how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only? |
Put the bread of the Presence on this table to be before me at all times.
Moses then said to Aaron and his sons, ‘Cook the meat at the entrance to the tent of meeting and eat it there with the bread from the basket of ordination offerings, as I was commanded: “Aaron and his sons are to eat it.”
He answered, ‘Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.’
He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.’
A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place.
But the priest answered David, ‘I don’t have any ordinary bread to hand; however, there is some consecrated bread here – provided the men have kept themselves from women.’
So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the Lord and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.