Shew-bread] Heb. the bread of faces; that is, the bread shewed, presented, or set in view as before the face: the manner how, is set down, Leviticus 24:5. they were in number twelve, according to the number of the Tribes of Israel; in measure each conteyned two homers; enough to serve two men for one day; and they were placed on a Table not in the holy of holies (where onely the High-priest came) but in the holy place; the place of the Priests, not of the people; and sixe and sixe in a row, were these cakes or loaves placed, answering each other. This bread was (every Sabbath) set new on the Table, and when the new came the Priest did eate the old in the holy place. The setting of these loaves was a memoriall of Gods beneficence to his people, preparing (for them) a Table in the wildernesse, Psalms 23:5. and to admonish them, that in taking their repast, they should have an especiall eye to God, in whose presence that provision was set, to whom they were to give thankes, and eate to his glory, 1 Corinthians 10:31.