(See Exodus 30:25-30.) And that surrender means three things: first that in all my daily work I am to set Him before me as my end; second, that in all my daily work I am to set Him before me as my law; third, that in all my daily work I am to set Him before me as my power. (Calmet) See Leviticus xxiv. This bread, set in two rows, six loaves in a row, was designed to be a thankful acknowledgment of God’s goodness to them in giving them their daily bread, a token of their communion with God, this bread on God’s table being made of the same corn with the bread on their own tables. Exodus 25:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that … Exodus 25 New King James Version (NKJV) Offerings for the Sanctuary. John 4:32, John 4:34), a figurative representation of the calling it had received from God; so that bread and wine, which stood upon the table by the side of the loaves, as the fruit of the labour bestowed by Israel upon the soil of its inheritance, were a symbol of its spiritual labour in the kingdom of God, the spiritual vineyard of its Lord. Exodus 25:30 And you shall set on the table show bread before me always. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mac/exodus-25.html. showbread—literally, presence bread, so called because it was constantly exhibited before the Lord, or because the bread of His presence, like the angel of His presence, pointed symbolically to Christ. Now the first thing that is suggested, therefore, is the plain obligation, which is also a blessed privilege, for all men who are priests of God by faith in, and union with, the great High Priest, that they lay all their activities as an offering before God. And that meant that they were laid before ‘those pure eyes and perfect judgment of all-judging’ God. Every loaf must have been of considerable size, since two-tenth deals, or two homers of flour were used for each, which are about six quarts English. For the Christian life is to be no life of cloistered devotion and heavenward aspiration only or mainly, but is to manifest its still devotion and its heavenward aspiration by the consecration of its activities to God, and the raying of them out into a darkened world. there are a great many strange things in Christ’s treasury. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/exodus-25.html. … The original expression, literally rendered, is ‘bread of the face’; or, as the Revised Version has it in the margin, ‘presence bread,’ and the meaning of that singular designation is paraphrased and explained in my text: ‘Thou shalt set upon the table, bread of the presence before Me always.’ It was bread, then, which was laid in the presence of God. And we, Christian men and women, have to make an offering of all our active life, and all its products. II. Exodus 25:23–30 » View this passage in NIV (Bible Gateway) A father and son were driving down a country road and saw a watermelon patch a little way off the highway. “And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze; blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair; ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod an… They lay there for a week, being replaced by fresh ones on the coming Sabbath. This shewbread may be considered either as typical of the church and people of God, who are all one bread, 1 Corinthians 10:17, these pure and unleavened cakes may denote their purity, simplicity, and sincerity, being without the leaven of malice and wickedness; the number twelve, the twelve tribes of Israel, the whole spiritual Israel of God; their being called shewbread, or bread of faces, the presentation of themselves to the Lord in public worship, and their being ever under the eye and care of God; their being set on the table, their standing in Christ, and security by him, who is the foundation of the apostles and prophets; and being set in rows, their order and harmony; being renewed every sabbath, the constancy of their worship, and the succession of them in all ages; the frankincense put on each row, the acceptance of their persons and services through the incense of Christ's mediation; the border round about them, the power of Christ around them to keep them from falling: or else as typical of Christ himself, of his being the food of believers, the bread of life: the shewbread of fine flour may fitly signify Christ, the finest of the wheat, the corn of heaven, the bread that comes from thence; its quantity, twelve cakes, the sufficiency of food with him, bread enough and to spare for the whole Israel of God; its continuance, the permanency of Christ as the food believers have always to feed upon; the frankincense on it, the gratefulness of Christ to such, to whom his flesh is meat indeed, and his blood drink indeed; and being set for priests, and only for them, may show that Christ is only food to such who are made priests to God: or this may be an emblem of the intercession of Christ, who is the Angel of God's presence, ever before him, and represents the whole Israel of God, for whom he intercedes; and his intercession is continual, he ever lives to make intercession for them, and that is always acceptable to God. 1874-1909. You are to set the Bread of the Presence on the table before me continually. Exodus 40:10, orders are given for the anointing of the tabernacle and its vessels, the altar of burnt offering and its vessels, the laver and its foot, whereby they were consecrated for divine use and service, according to Exodus 30:26 Verse 15. Such recitations can be comprehensive, such as Ezra’s prayer in Nehemiah 9, or succinct, as in Micah 6:4-5. 33:7-11 "the tent" This is separate from the tabernacle described in Exodus 25-30, which is in the midst of the camp (cf. Let us apply that to our money, which is one of the products of our activities; and not fancy, as a great many people do, that what we give as a subscription to some benevolent or religious institution buys for us the right to spend all the rest selfishly. May I say another thing? 2:2; see SPECIAL TOPIC: TABERNACLE OF THE WILDERNESS). There is an old story about some great emperor making a progress through his dominions, where he had been receiving precious gifts from cities and nobles, and as the gay cortège was passing a poor cottage, the peasant-owner came out with a coarse earthenware cup filled with spring water in his hand, and offered it to his overlord as the only gift that he could give. Moses Leads the People Out of Egypt (Exodus 14) The Tabernacle: A Picture of Jesus (Exodus 25-30) Jodi Hooper: 06/29/2012: 7. It consisted of twelve unleavened loaves, said traditionally to have been laid in piles of six each. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/acc/exodus-25.html. The supplies for this building project. Exodus 25:30. 25:23-30 A table was to be made of wood, overlaid with gold, to stand in the outer tabernacle, to be always furnished with the shew-bread. Twelve loaves were placed upon it continually in token of their thankfulness for the provision in the wilderness, and afterwards for their abundance in Canaan. John Trapp Complete Commentary. Exodus 24 Exodus 26 and that is, that the loaves that were laid within the Sanctuary were not intended to be separated from the others that were eaten in the tents, nor were they meant to be a kind of purchasing of an indulgence, or of a right, by surrendering a little, to the godless and selfish enjoyment of the rest of the batch, or of the rest of the harvest. Me. Exodus 25:30; Leviticus 24:5–9. On one side of it stood the great golden lamp which, in like manner, declared that the activities of the priestly life, which was the life of Israel, and is the life of the Christian individually and collectively, is to be, in its manward aspect, a light for the world. They are both offshoots from the altar in the middle. Christ is the true mercy-seat, standing between a holy law and an offended God, to make reconciliation for the sins of his people. That is to say, your lives will not shine before men unless your activities are offered to God. That is the broad significance of this institution, which, as we shall have to see, links itself with the other two conceptions of the priestly life in its Godward and in its manward aspect. 1859. shewbread. Exodus 25 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. 30. The table of shew-bread and its appurtenances are directed to be made, to stand in the holy place. Just as the LORD had commanded Moses - Repeated 7x - Ex 40:19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32. Showbread, type of Christ, the Bread of God, nourisher of the Christian's life as a believer-priest 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6. Study the bible online using commentary on Exodus 25 and more! "Commentary on Exodus 25:30". Exodus 25:30, ESV: "And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly." Thou shalt set upon the table the show bread. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? Let me deal with this singular provision of the ancient ritual by itself alone. BibliographyPoole, Matthew, "Commentary on Exodus 25:30". And both things are true about all the bread that you and I have been able to make for the satisfaction of our desires, or the sustenance of our strength-it comes ultimately from the gift of God. Barnes's Exodus 25:30 Bible Commentary The showbread table was placed in the holy place on the north side Exodus 26:35. The service of man is the service of God, for lamp and table are offshoots of the altar. The rest of the elders returned to the camp or waited nearby. Note; They who draw near to God in his appointed way will find him ever ready to hear and answer them. 1865-1868. That is another commonplace, very threadbare and very feeble, when we speak it, but with claws and teeth in it that will lay hold of us, when we try to put it in practice. Offerings for the Tabernacle. Exodus 40:2 "On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 1. Except that the tabernacle itself is placed first, and the altar of incense mentioned in its natural position, together with the table of shewbread and the golden candlestick (Exodus 31:8). BibliographyHaydock, George Leo. And both things are true about all the bread that you and I have been able to make for the satisfaction of our desires, or the sustenance of our strength-it comes ultimately from the gift of God. Directions for preparing the showbread are given in Leviticus 24:5-9. The lamp and the table go together. May I say another thing? Last week’s scenes from the Joseph story showed God at work quietly, delivering God’s people in subversive ways. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. Now the first thing that is suggested, therefore, is the plain obligation, which is also a blessed privilege, for all men who are priests of God by faith in, and union with, the great High Priest, that they lay all their activities as an offering before God. They were to make all that is prescribed (in Exodus chapters 25-30). Clarke's Exodus 25:30 Bible Commentary Shew-bread - לחם פנים lechem panim literally, bread of faces; so called, either because they were placed before the presence or face of God in the sanctuary, or because they were made square, as the Jews will have it. This is a chronologically-ordered Bible site with commentary on each passage. The exodus has pride of place in any recitation of the story of God’s relationship with Israel. Mandi Hecht preaches on Exodus 32:1-14 at Faith Community Church in Wakaw, SK on Sunday, October 9th, 2016. We refer to Leviticus 24:5; Leviticus 24:23 for a fuller account of this bread shewn or exhibited constantly before God, and therefore rendered by us shew-bread. So that these loaves were fitly taken as representatives of all kinds of human industry and their products, and as such were consecrated to God. Thou shalt set upon the table the show bread — Hebrew, Bread of the face or presence, because it was set before the ark, where God was peculiarly present. Songs of Praise and Manna and Quail (Exodus 15-16) Jodi Hooper: 06/29/2012: 5. "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". That table bore the symbols of the grateful recognition of God’s mercies by the people. Scripture Content Outline. I. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/kdo/exodus-25.html. In regard to this consecration of the product of our activities, as well as of our activities themselves, I have but two words to offer, and the one is, let us see to it that we consecrate our enjoyment of God’s gifts by bringing that enjoyment, as well as the activities which He has blessed to produce it, into His presence. The Altar of Incense in the middle symbolised the thought that the priestly life, which was the life of the nation, and is the life of the Christian both individually and collectively, is to be centrally and essentially a life of prayer. The farmer and the baker begin the series of man’s industries. The Table for Bread - "You shall make a table of acacia wood. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hcc/exodus-25.html. Also notice that YHWH's creation of "the sea" is specifically mentioned here, though not in Genesis 1-2. The Golden Lampstand. The original expression, literally rendered, is ‘bread of the face’; or, as the Revised Version has it in the margin, ‘presence bread,’ and the meaning of that singular designation is paraphrased and explained in my text: ‘Thou shalt set upon the table, bread of the presence before Me always.’ It was bread, then, which was laid in the presence of God. The tabernacle was God's house, and in it he had his table, his bread, his wine, candlestick, etc., to show them that he had taken up his dwelling among them. But what I desire to insist upon now is how important, for the nobleness and purity of our daily lives, it is that we should be in the continual habit of realising to ourselves the thought that whatever we do, we do before His Face. $3.99 a month puts a library of commentaries, study notes, and Greek & Hebrew language tools right in your pocket. It was 1.4 metres (4.5 feet) high. They lay there for a week, being replaced by fresh ones on the coming Sabbath. And when our hearts are glad, and our ‘bosom’s lord sits lightly on his throne,’ we have special need to take care that our joy be not godless, nor our enjoyment of His gifts be without reference to Himself. ‘His servants shall serve Him’ with priestly ministrations, ‘and shall see His face, and His name shall be in their foreheads.’Benson CommentaryExodus 25:30. 25. 5 “You shall take fine flour and bake twelve d loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah 1 shall be in each loaf. MacLaren's ExpositionsExodusTHE BREAD OF THE PRESENCEExodus 25:30. How it would pull us up in many a meanness, and keep our feet from wandering into many forbidden ways, if there came like a blaze of light into our hearts the thought: ‘Thou God seest me!’ There are many of our activities, I am afraid, which we should not like to put down on that table. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. This bread was divided into twelve loaves, one for every tribe; and they were in their name presented to God in the nature of an offering, as the frankincense shows, as a public acknowledgment that they received all their bread or food, both corporal and spiritual, from God’s hand, and were to use it as in God’s presence. Let me deal with this singular provision of the ancient ritual by itself alone. 1871-8. If there be not in the centre of the life aspiration after Him in the depths of the heart, communion with Him in the silent places of the soul, then there will be little brightness in the life to ray out amongst men, and there will be little consecration of the activities to be laid before God. Mothers will hoard up trifles that belonged to their children, which everybody else thinks worthless. Many have conjectured their meaning, and I feel no disposition to increase their number by any addition of my own. BibliographyClarke, Adam. In the former aspect, He ‘leaves not Himself without witness, in that,’ in the yearly miracle of the harvest, ‘He gives us bread from Heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness’; in the latter, considered as a product of man’s activity, agriculture is, if not the first, at all events in settled communities the prime, form of human industry. On the other side of the Altar of Incense stood this table with its loaves. Exodus 25:30 Context. BibliographyBenson, Joseph. Showbread before me always — The showbread (Hebrews פנים לחם, bread of faces,) was so called from its being designed to lie as a meat-offering continually before the face of Jehovah. That is another commonplace, very threadbare and very feeble, when we speak it, but with claws and teeth in it that will lay hold of us, when we try to put it in practice. And when our hearts are glad, and our ‘bosom’s lord sits lightly on his throne,’ we have special need to take care that our joy be not godless, nor our enjoyment of His gifts be without reference to Himself. The Pattern for the Tabernacle Was Given by Revelation. Brethren, these three things, making God the end of my work; making God’s will the law of my work; making God’s strength the power of my work; these are the ways by which we, too, can bring our little pile of barley bread, and lay it upon that table. Whenever the law of God is truly made our rule of conduct, and we delight in it after the inner man, it is a testimony of our simplicity and God's approbation. The Roman Catholics talk about ‘the practice of the presence of God.’ One does not like the phrase, but all true religion will practise what is meant by it.
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