Shewbread
Twelve cakes of fine flour -- Le 24:5. Called hallowed bread -- 1Sa 21:4. Materials for, provided by the people -- Le 24:8; Ne 10:32,33. Prepared by Levites -- 1Ch 9:32; 23:29. Placed in two rows on the table by the priests -- Ex 25:30; 40:23; Le 24:6. Table of Dimensions of. -- Ex 25:23. Covered with gold. -- Ex 25:24. Had an ornamental border. -- Ex 25:25. Had staves of shittim wood covered with gold. -- Ex 25:28. Had rings of gold in the corners for the staves. -- Ex 25:26,27. Had dishes, spoons, covers, and bowls of gold. -- Ex 25:29. Placed in the north side of the tabernacle. -- Ex 40:22; Heb 9:2. Directions for removing. -- Nu 4:7. Pure frankincense placed on -- Le 24:7. Was changed every Sabbath day -- Le 24:8. After removal from the table given to the priests -- Le 24:9. Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases -- 1Sa 21:4-6; Mt 12:4. Illustrative of Christ as the bread of life. -- Joh 6:48. The Church. -- 1Co 5:7; 10:17.