Leviticus 24:8
What does Leviticus 24:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 24:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Every 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`On each sabbath-day he arrangeth it before Jehovah continually, from the sons of Israel--a covenant age-during;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord: being received of the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Every sabbath day he shall arrange it before Jehovah continually, on the part of the children of Israel: [it is] an everlasting covenant.
Context
v.7And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
v.8This passage
v.9And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 12:3
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;
- Nehemiah 10:33
for the showbread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, for the sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
- 1 Chronicles 9:32
And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
- Numbers 4:7
And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups wherewith to pour out; and the continual bread shall be thereon:
- 1 Chronicles 23:29
for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;
- 2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
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