showbread
Sacred weekly bread
Showbread is bread placed as a ritual offering in the ancient Jewish temple, arranged in twelve loaves on a special table before the altar.
Also spelled shewbread.
The term appears primarily in biblical contexts: The priests replaced the showbread each Sabbath.
The practice is described in Exodus and Leviticus.
Shaped bread portions
- presenceState of being somewhere
- unleavenedNot raised by fermentation
- LeviticusHebrew scripture of rituals
- tabernaclePortable sacred dwelling
temple · sanctuary · altar · priests · Aaron · Levites · frankincense · sabbath
Declared sacred through ritual
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- offeringSomething presented or given
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
replacement · sabbath · perpetual · memorial · portion · consumption · priests · holy
loaves
Shaped bread portions
- presenceState of being somewhere
- unleavenedNot raised by fermentation
- LeviticusHebrew scripture of rituals
tabernacle · temple · sanctuary · altar · priests · Aaron · Levites · frankincense · sabbath · offering
consecrated
Declared sacred through ritual
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- offeringSomething presented or given
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
arrangement · replacement · sabbath · perpetual · memorial · portion · consumption · priests · holy · sacred
table
Horizontal furniture surface
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- lampstandSupport structure for lamps
- menorahJewish ceremonial lampstand
ark · incense · altar · veil · sanctuary · holy place · courtyard · tent · dwelling · wilderness