Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 4:7

7 And upon the table of shew-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes , and the spoons, and the bowls and covers to cover withall: and the continual bread shall be thereon.

Heb. Of faces or presence, for of the bread of faces or presence. i. e. of the bread which was continually standing in the presence of the Lord.

Upon which the shew-bread was put.

(i. e.) Shew-bread so called because it was continually to be there, even in the wilderness, where though they had onely Manna for themselves, yet they reserved corn for the weekly making of these loaves, which they might with no great difficulty procure from some of the people bordering upon the wilderness in the innermost parts whereof they were.

Marginal references: Exod. 2[illegible: 1+ letters]. 3[illegible: 1+ letters].; Or. pour out withal.