| Geneva Study Bible And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me always. Scofield Reference Notes [1] shewbread Showbread, type of Christ, the Bread of God, nourisher of the Christian's life as a believer-priest 1Pet 2:9 Rev 1:6. In Jn 6:33-58 our Lord has more in mind the manna, that food which "came down"; but all typical meanings of "bread" are there gathered into His words. The manna is the life-giving Christ; the showbread, the life-sustaining Christ. The showbread typifies Christ as the "corn of wheat" Jn 12:24 ground in the mill of suffering Jn 12:27 and brought into the fire of judgment Jn 12:31-33. We, as priests, by faith feed upon Him as having undergone that in our stead and for our sakes. It is meditation upon Christ, as in Heb 12:2,3. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 30. showbread-literally, presence bread, so called because it was constantly exhibited before the Lord, or because the bread of His presence, like the angel of His presence, pointed symbolically to Christ. It consisted of twelve unleavened loaves, said traditionally to have been laid in piles of six each. This bread was designed to be a symbol of the full and never-failing provision which is made in the Church for the spiritual sustenance and refreshment of God's people. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 25:23-30 A table was to be made of wood, overlaid with gold, to stand in the outer tabernacle, to be always furnished with the shew-bread. This table, with the articles on it, and its use, seems to typify the communion which the Lord holds with his redeemed people in his ordinances, the provisions of his house, the feasts they are favoured with. Also the food for their souls, which they always find when they hunger after it; and the delight he takes in their persons and services, as presented before him in Christ. | 
