Shewbread

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shewbread \Shew"bread`\
     See {Showbread}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Showbread \Show"bread`\, n. (Jewish Antiq.)
     Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term
     used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew
     and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest
     of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the
     sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were
     changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number,
     represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be
     eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place. [Written
     also {shewbread}.] --Mark ii. 26.
     [1913 Webster]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Shewbread
     Ex. 25:30 (R.V. marg., "presence bread"); 1 Chr. 9:32 (marg.,
     "bread of ordering"); Num. 4:7: called "hallowed bread" (R.V.,
     "holy bread") in 1 Sam. 21:1-6.
     
       This bread consisted of twelve loaves made of the finest
     flour. They were flat and thin, and were placed in two rows of
     six each on a table in the holy place before the Lord. They were
     renewed every Sabbath (Lev. 24:5-9), and those that were removed
     to give place to the new ones were to be eaten by the priests
     only in the holy place (see 1 Sam. 21:3-6; comp. Matt. 12:3, 4).
     
       The number of the loaves represented the twelve tribes of
     Israel, and also the entire spiritual Israel, "the true Israel;"
     and the placing of them on the table symbolized the entire
     consecration of Israel to the Lord, and their acceptance of God
     as their God. The table for the bread was made of acacia wood, 3
     feet long, 18 inches broad, and 2 feet 3 inches high. It was
     plated with pure gold. Two staves, plated with gold, passed
     through golden rings, were used for carrying it.