And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: (Numbers 4:7)
This expression does not occur again in the Bible. The explanation is found in Ex. 25:30, in harmony with the literal words here: “the bread of continuity.” Compare with the NT terms, meaning “the bread of the setting out” (Matt. 12:4; Mark 2:26; Luke 6:4), and “the placing forth of the loaves” (Heb. 9:2).