Exodus 29:23

along with one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses conveys God’s command to Aaron and his sons during the seven-day ordination ceremony. This instruction occurs at the moment the priestly garments and sacrificial portions are being arranged for presentation.

The words — The Hebrew כִּכַּר (kikkār) and חַלַּת (challat) designate a round loaf and a dense cake, while רָקִיק (raqîq) denotes a thin, pressed wafer. All three items are explicitly drawn from the basket positioned before the LORD.

The thread — The identical bread configuration is first commanded in Exodus 29:2 for the consecration rite. Leviticus 8:26 records the fulfillment of this directive when the priest removes the specified portions from the sacred basket.

Why it lands — The text requires exact compliance with ritual measurements and sources, treating the bread as set apart for divine presentation. It establishes that priestly service depends on prescribed order rather than improvisation.

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The Hebrew words

וְכִכַּ֨רve./khi.Karand/ a round loaf of לֶ֜חֶםLe.chembread אַחַ֗ת'a.Chatone וַֽחַלַּ֨תva./cha.Latand/ a cake of לֶ֥חֶםLe.chembread of שֶׁ֛מֶןShe.menoil אַחַ֖ת'a.Chatone וְרָקִ֣יקve./ra.Kikand/ a wafer אֶחָ֑ד'e.Chadone מִסַּל֙mi./Salfrom/ [the] basket of הַמַּצּ֔וֹתha./ma.Tzotthe/ unleavened bread<s>אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.Sherwhich לִפְנֵ֥יli/f.Nei[will be] <to>/ before יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahweh

King James Version

And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord:

Cross-references

Exodus 29:2 along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,
Leviticus 8:26 And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.