Elijah took twelve stones—like the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Adonai had come saying, “Israel shall be your name”—
Leviticus 24:5 - Tree of Life Version “Also you are to take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it, with two tenths of an ephah in each cake. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake [of the showbread or bread of the Presence]. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. Common English Bible You will take choice flour and bake twelve loaves of flatbread, two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall also receive fine wheat flour, and you shall bake twelve loaves from it, each loaf of which shall have two-tenths. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt take also fine flour, and shalt bake twelve loaves thereof, two tenths shall be in every loaf. |
Elijah took twelve stones—like the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Adonai had come saying, “Israel shall be your name”—
the rows of bread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the matzot , the cake baked on the griddle or mixed and every measure of capacity and length,
Some of the relatives of Kohathites were in charge of preparing the rows of bread every Shabbat.
Every morning and evening they burn to Adonai burnt offerings and sweet incense. They set the rows of bread on the pure table and they light the golden menorah with its lamps burning every evening—for we keep the service of Adonai Eloheinu—but you have forsaken Him.
We also assume responsibility for the mitzvot to give a third of a shekel each year for the work of the House of our God:
for the rows of bread, the regular grain offering and regular burnt offering, the Shabbatot, the New Moons, for the moadim, for the holy things, for the sin offerings to atone for Israel, and for all the service of the House of our God.
He set a row of bread in order upon it before Adonai, just as Adonai had commanded Moses.
Then bring in the table, and set in order the bread that is on it. Bring in the menorah and light its lamps.
“Then over the table of the Presence they are to spread a solid blue cloth, then lay on it the plates, ladles, bowls, and jars for the drink offering. The bread that is continually there is to remain there.
How he entered into the house of God, and they ate the showbread, which was not permitted for him to eat, nor for those with him, but only for the kohanim?
It is the promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jewish people, O King!
For a tent was prepared: in the outer part were the menorah, the table, and the presentation of the bread—this is called the Holy Place.
Jacob, a slave of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, To the twelve tribes in the Diaspora: Shalom!
“Of course women have been kept from us, as on previous campaigns,” David answered the kohen. “So the young men’s vessels were holy, though it was an ordinary mission—how much more so will their vessels be holy today!”
So the kohen gave him consecrated bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which was taken out from the presence of Adonai in order to replace it with hot bread on the day it was taken away.