Showbread

The shewbread (Hebrew lechem haPanim ( לחם הפנים ), thinking breads, another term presence breads ), 12 unleavened bread made ​​from wheat flour cakes, according to the number of the 12 tribes of Israel. They were preparing for every Sabbath was structured in the sanctuary of the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem on a gold -coated steel table of acacia wood, together with incense, as an offering. The old loaves were part of the care of the priests with food.

The loaves were for Israel as a covenant sign, such as the circumcision and the keeping of the Sabbath.

Biblical evidence

• Exodus 25.23-30 ( provision for the table of the showbread )
• Leviticus 24:5-6 ( provision for preparation and use )