“On the (A)table of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the [a]pitchers for pouring; and the (B)showbread[b] shall be on it.

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  1. Numbers 4:7 jars for the drink offering
  2. Numbers 4:7 Lit. continual bread

“Over the table of the Presence(A) they are to spread a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes and bowls, and the jars for drink offerings;(B) the bread that is continually there(C) is to remain on it.

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32 And some of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites (A)were in charge of preparing the showbread for every Sabbath.

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32 Some of the Kohathites, their fellow Levites, were in charge of preparing for every Sabbath the bread set out on the table.(A)

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Behold, (A)I am building a temple for the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to Him, (B)to burn before Him [a]sweet incense, for (C)the continual showbread, for (D)the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the (E)Sabbaths, on the New Moons, and on the [b]set feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 2:4 Lit. incense of spices
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:4 appointed

Now I am about to build a temple(A) for the Name of the Lord my God and to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense(B) before him, for setting out the consecrated bread(C) regularly, and for making burnt offerings(D) every morning and evening and on the Sabbaths,(E) at the New Moons(F) and at the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is a lasting ordinance for Israel.

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how he entered the house of God and ate (A)the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, (B)but only for the priests?

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He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.(A)

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Or have you not read in the (A)law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple [a]profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?

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  1. Matthew 12:5 desecrate

Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath(A) and yet are innocent?

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