The “show bread,” sometimes referred to as the “shew bread,” is also called the “Bread of Presence.” This bread was placed on a table in the Holy Place of the Temple after the Sabbath; and then eaten by the Priest at the end of the week. There were twelve loaves of show bread, one each for the twelve tribes of Israel. The Priests of the temple would consume the show bread. Scholars say that originally it was an offering to God. Later on, in time, the Priest would consume the bread as the representative of God.

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