Leviticus - 24:8



8 Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually. It is on the behalf of the children of Israel an everlasting covenant.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 24:8.

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Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord, being received of the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant:
Every sabbath day he shall arrange it before Jehovah continually, on the part of the children of Israel: it is an everlasting covenant.
On each sabbath-day he arrangeth it before Jehovah continually, from the sons of Israel, a covenant age-during;
Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement made for ever.
On each Sabbath, they shall be changed before the Lord, having been received from the sons of Israel as an everlasting covenant.
Per singula sabbatha ordinabit illos coram Jehova semper, a filiis Israel foedere sempiterno.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Being taken from the children of Israel - Each cake represented the offering of a tribe.

Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually,.... That is, the priest or priests then ministering, who should bring new cakes and place them in the above order, having removed the old ones, which was done in this manner; four priests went in, two had in their hands the two rows (of bread), and two had in their hands two cups (of frankincense); four went before these, two to take away the two rows (of the old bread), and two to take away the two cups (of frankincense); and they that carried in stood in the north, and their faces to the south and they that brought out stood in the south, and their faces to the north; these drew away (the old bread) and they put them (the new), and the hand of the one was over against the hand of the other, as it is said, "before me continually", Exodus 25:30 (h); that is, at the same time the hands of the one were employed in taking away, the hands of the other were employed in setting on; so that there was always bread upon the table:
being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant; God requiring it of them, and they agreeing to give it, as they did, either in meal or in money; for this was at the expense of the community.
(h) Menachot, c. 11. sect. 7.

From the children of Israel - And these cakes are said to be received from or offered by the children of Israel, bought with the money which they contributed. By an everlasting covenant - By virtue of that compact made between me and them, by which they were obliged to keep this amongst other commands, and, they so doing, I am obliged to be their God and to bless them. And this may be here called an everlasting covenant, not only because it was to endure as long as the Jewish polity stood, but also because this was to stand everlastingly, or continually, and therefore the new cakes were first brought before the old were taken away.

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