- a variation of shewbread.
showbread
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To the right of the Altar was the Menorah, the seven-light candlestick, and to the left the table of showbread.
From Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) by Landman, Isaac
When David and his companions had no food with which to still their hunger they ate the showbread which lay-people were forbidden to eat.
From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Graebner, Theodore
Inside the Holy were the golden candlestick, the table covered with gold for the showbread, and the golden altar; and in the Most Holy, was the ark of the covenant.
From The Harp of God by Rutherford, J. F. (Joseph Franklin)
Three times in the year all the courses shared alike in the offerings of the great feasts, and in the distribution of the showbread.
From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
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