John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. And thou shalt take fine flour , etc.] Of wheat, and the finest of it: and bake twelve cakes thereof ; answerable to the twelve tribes, as the Targum of Jonathan, which were typical of the spiritual Israel of God; two tenth deals shall be in one cake ; that is, two tenth parts of an ephah, which were two omers, one of which was as much as a man could eat in one day of the manna: so that one of these cakes was as much as two men could eat of bread in one day; each cake was ten hands’ breadth long, five broad, and seven fingers its horns, or was so high f845 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - The loaves of bread typify Christ as the Bread of life, and the food of the souls of his people. He is the Light of his church, the Light of the world; in and through his word this light shines. By this light we discern the food prepared for our souls; and we should daily, but especially from sabbath to sabbath, feed thereon in our hearts with thanksgiving. And as the loaves were left in the sanctuary, so shoul we abide with God till he dismiss us.
Original Hebrew ולקחת3947 סלת5560 ואפית644 אתה854 שׁתים8147 עשׂרה6240 חלות2471 שׁני8147 עשׂרנים6241 יהיה1961 החלה2471 האחת׃259
