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30 Put the Bread of the Presence(A) on the table before me at all times.

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‘Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves;(A) each loaf is to be made with four litres.[a] Arrange them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table(B) before the Lord. Place pure frankincense(C) near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion(D) for the bread and a food offering(E) to the Lord. The bread is to be set out before the Lord every Sabbath day as a permanent covenant(F) obligation on the part of the Israelites. It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place, for it is the holiest portion for him from the food offerings to the Lord; this is a permanent rule.’

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  1. 24:5 Lit two-tenths of an ephah

He said to them, ‘Haven’t you read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry: how he entered the house of God, and they ate[a] the bread of the Presence – which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?(A)

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  1. 12:4 Other mss read he ate