the table, its poles, and all its equipment; the bread offered to God;

the table and all its equipment, and the bread offered to God;

Take twenty-four pounds of flour and bake twelve loaves of bread.

Put the loaves in two rows, six in each row, on the table covered with pure gold, which is in the LORD's presence.

They shall spread a blue cloth over the table for the bread offered to the LORD and put on it the dishes, the incense bowls, the offering bowls, and the jars for the wine offering. There shall always be bread on the table.

So the priest gave David the sacred bread, because the only bread he had was the loaves offered to God, which had been removed from the sacred table and replaced by fresh bread.

Members of the clan of Kohath were responsible for preparing the sacred bread for the Temple every Sabbath.

to be responsible for the bread offered to God, the flour used in offerings, the wafers made without yeast, the baked offerings, and the flour mixed with olive oil; to weigh and measure the Temple offerings;

Every morning and every evening they offer him incense and animal sacrifices burned whole. They present the offerings of bread on a table that is ritually clean, and every evening they light the lamps on the gold lampstand. We do what the LORD has commanded, but you have abandoned him.

This is how---by offering worthless food on my altar. Then you ask, 'How have we failed to respect you?' I will tell you---by showing contempt for my altar.

But you dishonor me when you say that my altar is worthless and when you offer on it food that you despise.

He went into the house of God, and he and his men ate the bread offered to God, even though it was against the Law for them to eat it---only the priests were allowed to eat that bread.