Leviticus 24 · Verse 5

Leviticus 24:5

And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
Leviticus 24:5, King James Version

Leviticus 24:5 in other translations

BSBYou are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
WEB“You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenths of an ephah shall be in one cake.
ASVAnd thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
YLT‘And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,
DARBYAnd thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.
BBEAnd take the best meal and make twelve cakes of it, a fifth part of an ephah in every cake.
WebsterAnd thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth-parts shall be in one cake.

What does Leviticus 24:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 24:5-9
5-9. take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes--for the showbread, as previously appointed (Ex 25:30). Those cakes were baked by the Levites, the flour being furnished by the people (1Ch 9:32; 23:29), oil, wine, and salt being the other ingredients (Le 2:13). two tenth deals--that is, of an ephah--thirteen and a half pounds weight each; and on each row or pile of cakes some frankincense was strewed, which, being burnt, led to the showbread being called "an offering made by fire." Every Sabbath a fresh supply was furnished; hot loaves were placed on the altar instead of the stale ones, which, having lain a week, were removed, and eaten only by the priests, except in cases of necessity (1Sa 21:3-6; also Lu 6:3, 4).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Bake twelve cakes - See the whole account of the shew-bread in the notes on Exo 25:30 (note); and relative to the table on which they stood, the golden candlestick and silver trumpets carried in triumph to Rome, see the note on Exo 25:31.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 24:1-9

Chapter Outline Oil for the lamps, The shew-bread. (1-9) The law of blasphemy, blasphemer is stoned. (10-23) Verses 1-9 The loaves of bread typify Christ as the Bread of life, and the food of the souls of his people. He is the Light of his church, the Light of the world; in and through his word this light shines. By this light we discern the food prepared for our souls; and we should daily, but especially from…

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Leviticus 24:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve.la.kach.Taand you will takeH3947
סֹ֔לֶתSo.letfine flourH5560
וְאָפִיתָ֣ve.'a.fi.Taand you will bakeH644
אֹתָ֔הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
שְׁתֵּ֥יםshe.Teimtwo [plus]H8147
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehtenH6240
חַלּ֑וֹתcha.Lotround perforated breadsH2471
שְׁנֵי֙she.NeitwoH8147
עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים'es.ro.NimtenthsH6241
יִהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehit will beH1961
הַֽחַלָּ֥הha.cha.Lahthe round perforated breadH2471
הָאֶחָֽת\׃ha.'e.Chat<the> oneH259

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Cross references for Leviticus 24:5

  • Exodus 25:30

    And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

  • 1 Samuel 21:4-5

    And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

  • Exodus 40:23

    And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

  • 1 Kings 18:31

    And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

  • Matthew 12:4

    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?

  • Acts 26:7

    Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

  • James 1:1

    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The loaves of bread which the officiating priest placed every sabbath day upon the golden table in the Sanctum, before the Lord, were twelve in number, representing the twelve tribes of Israel. The loaves must have been large, since two tenth deals (about six pints) of flour were used for each, Le 24:3, 6, 7. They were served up hot on the sabbath day in the Sanctum, when the stale ones, which had been exposed the whole week, were taken away, and none but the priests were allowed to eat them. In an extraordinary extremity, David and his men partook of the shew-bread, (see 1 Sa 21:6,) the urgent necessity alone justifying the act. The Hebrew signifies bread of faces, or, of the face.
See
Ex 25:30; 40:23; 1Ki 18:31; 1Sa 21:4,5; Mt 12:4; Ac 26:7; Jas 1:1

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Context

  • Leviticus 24:4

    He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually.

  • Leviticus 24:5

    And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

  • Leviticus 24:6

    And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.

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Leviticus 24:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tomarás flor de harina, y cocerás de ella doce tortas: cada torta será de dos décimas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu prendras de la fleur de farine, et tu en cuiras douze gâteaux: chaque gâteau sera de deux dixièmes;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und du sollst Feinmehl nehmen und daraus zwölf Kuchen backen: von zwei Zehnteln soll ein Kuchen sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Accipies quoque similam, et coques ex ea duodecim panes, qui singuli habebunt duas decimas: