John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. And thou shalt set them in two rows , etc.] The twelve cakes: six on a row ; not by the side of each other, but six upon one another: upon the pure table ; the shewbread table, so called because overlaid with pure gold, and kept clean and bright, ( Exodus 25:24); before the Lord ; for this stood in the holy place, in the same place as the candlestick did, which has the same position, ( Leviticus 24:4); of the mystical and typical sense of these cakes, (see Gill on “ Exodus 25:30”).
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 ושׂמת7760 אותם853 שׁתים8147 מערכות4634 שׁשׁ8337 המערכת4635 על5921 השׁלחן7979 הטהר2889 לפני6440 יהוה׃3068
