Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 24:8
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, [being taken] from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
Before the Lord, whence it was called the shew-bread, Heb. the bread of faces, or of presence, i.e. the bread which was put upon the table in the Lords presence.
Being taken; such supplements are not unusual. Thus in the floor, 1Ki 22:10, is put for sitting in the floor, 2Ch 18:9; and burdens, 2Ch 2:18, for carrying burdens, 1Ki 5:15. And these cakes are said to be received from or offered by
the children of Israel, because they were bought with the money which they contributed, as may be seen Neh 10:32,33; as Judas is said to purchase the field, Act 1:18, which was purchased by his money, Mat 27:7. By an everlasting covenant; by virtue of that compact made between me and them, by which they are 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 religion and polity stood, but also because this was to stand there everlastingly, or continually, as is here said, and therefore the new cakes were first brought before the old were taken away.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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”,
Ex 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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(8) Every sabbath he shall set it in order.That is, Aaron is to carry out these instructions in the first instance, as we are told in Lev. 24:3, and after him, or together with him, the priests are sacredly to attend to this duty every sabbath throughout the year. Of the manner in which the shewbread, or the bread of His Presence, was renewed every Sabbath during the second Temple, we have a minute account. Four priests entered the holy place, two of them carried in their hands the two piles of the cakes, and two carried in their hands the two incense cups, four priests having gone in before them, two to take off the two old piles, and two to take off the two incense cups. Those who brought in the new stood at the north side with their faces to the south, and those who took away the old stood at the south side with their faces to the north. As soon as the one party lifted up the old, the others put down the new, so that their hands were exactly over against each other, because it is written, before my Presence continually (Exo. 25:30). The authorities during the second Temple took the expression continually to denote that the cakes were not to be absent for one moment. Hence the simultaneous action of the two sets of priests, one lifting up the old, and the other at once putting down the new shewbread.
Being taken from the children of Israel.Like the daily sacrifices, the offerings for the congregation, the salt for the sacrifices, the wood for the altar, the incense, the omer (see Lev. 23:10-11), the two wave-loaves (Lev. 23:17), the scapegoat (Lev. 16:5, &c.), the red heifer (Num. 19:1-22), &c., the shewbread, or the bread of His Presence, according to the canon that obtained during the second Temple, were purchased with the peoples half-shekels, which every Israelite had to contribute annually toward the maintenance of the service in the sanctuary. (See Exo. 30:11-16.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
8. Every sabbath The show-bread never waxed old; it was always fresh. Through eternity Jesus will be a theme ever new, and inspiring fresh interest “a lamb as it had been slain.”
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The constant supply of new loaves every sabbath, and the removal of those which had been brought before, was a delightful type of gospel mercies, in the supply of the LORD’S family from Sabbath to Sabbath. JESUS is the bread of life to his people, presented by his ministers new and pure in every LORD’S day’s ordinances. We are told from the tradition of the Jews, that the priests were so exact and cautious in this ministry, of the removal of the old show-bread, and the supply of the new, that as the priest took off one loaf; in the same instant another priest put down another; so that the LORD’S table might never have less nor more than the twelve loaves appointed. Whether this tradition be true or not, it may at least serve to teach the ministers of JESUS CHRIST this lesson; that his table-service, and his temple-service, should never be without supply; for his family want bread, even the bread of life in a preached word, from one LORD’S day to another; and that they should bring forth as scribes well instructed in the kingdom, things new and old. Mat 13:52 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 24:8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, [being taken] from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
Ver. 8. Every Sabbath. ] So must the bread of life be every Sabbath at least set before the saints.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Every sabbath. Hebrew “on the day of the sabbath, on the day of the sabbath”, Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6. = on the holy sabbath day. Compare 1Ch 9:32.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Num 4:7, 1Ch 9:32, 1Ch 23:29, 2Ch 2:4, Neh 10:33, Mat 12:3-5
Reciprocal: Exo 40:4 – the things that Lev 21:22 – both
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 24:8. Being taken from the children of Israel At whose charge they were provided, Neh 10:32; by an everlasting covenant By a law which they had all agreed to observe, (Exo 24:3,) and which was to continue as long as that dispensation remained.