Keluaran 25:30

25:30 You are to set the Bread of the Presence ¹  on the table before me continually.

Bilangan 4:7

4:7 “On the table of the presence ²  they must spread a blue ³  cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring, and the Bread of the Presence must be on it continually.

Bilangan 4:1

The Service of the Kohathites

4:1 ⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

1 Tawarikh 9:32

9:32 Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath.

1 Tawarikh 9:2

9:2 The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. ⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 2:4

2:4 Tamar, Judah’s ⁶  daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

[25:30]  ¹ sn The name basically means that the bread is to be set out in the presence of Yahweh. The custom of presenting bread on a table as a thank offering is common in other cultures as well. The bread here would be placed on the table as a symbol of the divine provision for the twelve tribes – continually, because they were to express their thanksgiving continually. Priests could eat the bread after certain times. Fresh bread would be put there regularly.

[4:7]  ² sn The Hebrew actually has the “table of faces,” and this has been traditionally rendered “table of shewbread.”

[4:7]  ³ tn The Greek has “violet” instead of blue. This is also the case in vv. 8, 10, and 14.

[4:1]  ⁴ sn The chapter has four main parts to it: Kohathites (1-20), Gershonites (21-28), Merarites (29-33) and the census of the Levites (34-49).

[9:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the inhabitants, the first who [were] in their property in their cities, Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.”

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.