Exodus - 40:23



23 He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 40:23.

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And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Setting there in order the loaves of proposition, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
and arranged the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
and setteth in order upon it the arrangement of bread, before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
And he set a row of bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
arranging before it the bread of the presence, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
Et ordinavit super eam ordinationem panum coram Jehova, quemadmodum praeceperat Jehova ipsi Mosi.

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Historical Commentaries

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Moses performed these priestly functions (Exodus 28:1 note), before the holy things with which they were performed were anointed. The things had been made expressly for the service of Yahweh, by His command, and in this fact lay their essential sanctity, of which the anointing was only the seal and symbol. Aaron and his sons, on similar ground, having had the divine call, took part in the service of the sanctuary as soon as the work was completed Exodus 40:31. But Moses took part with them, and most likely took the lead, until they were consecrated and invested Leviticus. 8 and publicly set apart for the office.

And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord,.... The shewbread, the twelve cakes of it, in two rows, six in a row:
as the Lord had commanded Moses: Exodus 25:30.

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