Leviticus 24:5

What does Leviticus 24:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Leviticus 24:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And take the best meal and make twelve cakes of it, a fifth part of an ephah in every cake.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thou shalt take also fine flour, and shalt bake twelve loaves thereof, two tenths shall be in every loaf.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.

Context

v.4He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Jehovah continually.

v.5This passage

v.6And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 12:4

    how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?

  • 1 Kings 18:31

    And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

  • Exodus 25:30

    And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway.

  • Exodus 40:23

    And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

  • Acts 26:7

    unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

  • 1 Samuel 21:4

    And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

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