מַעֲרֶכֶתmaʻăreketh

row, line, only of the rows of 'shew'-bread (Leviticus 24:7; Leviticus 24:6; 1 Chronicles 9:32; 1 Chronicles 23:29; Nehemiah 10:34)

Pronunciation: mah-ar-eh'-keth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4635

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Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 24:6 Place the bread before the Lord on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two stacks, with six loaves in each stack.
  • Leviticus 24:7 Put some pure frankincense near each stack to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the Lord.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:32 And some members of the clan of Kohath were in charge of preparing the bread to be set on the table each Sabbath day.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:29 They were in charge of the sacred bread that was set out on the table, the choice flour for the grain offerings, the wafers made without yeast, the cakes cooked in olive oil, and the other mixed breads. They were also responsible to check all the weights and measures.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:16 He designated the amount of gold for the table on which the Bread of the Presence would be placed and the amount of silver for other tables.
  • 2 Chronicles 2:4 I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord my God. It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the Lord our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).