Leviticus 24:5

You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses Moses and Aaron regarding tabernacle duties, positioned between the command to tend the lampstand and the directive to arrange the bread on the table.

The words — The verse commands the use of סֹלֶת (solet), literally fine flour, and specifies the baking of חַלּוֹת (challot), round perforated breads.

The thread — This establishes the ongoing provision ritual later cited in Exodus 25:30 regarding the Bread of the Presence, Exodus 40:23 recording its placement on the table, and 1 Samuel 21:4 noting its retrieval as consecrated bread.

Why it lands — The text requires exact adherence to prescribed quantities and preparation methods for sacred items, demanding that readers treat ritual precision as a non-negotiable standard.

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The Hebrew words

וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve./la.kach.Taand/ you will take סֹ֔לֶתSo.letfine flour וְאָפִיתָ֣ve./'a.fi.Taand/ you will bake אֹתָ֔הּ'o.Ta/h<obj.>/ it שְׁתֵּ֥יםshe.Teimtwo [plus]עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.Rehten חַלּ֑וֹתcha.Lotround perforated breads שְׁנֵי֙she.Neitwo עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים'es.ro.Nimtenths יִהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehit will be הַֽחַלָּ֥הha./cha.Lahthe/ round perforated bread הָאֶחָֽת׃ha./'e.Chat<the>/ one

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Exodus 25:30 And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
Exodus 40:23 He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
1 Samuel 21:4 “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
1 Kings 18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
Matthew 12:4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
Acts 26:7 the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.