Bread of Presence לֶ֥חֶם פָּנִ֖ים

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Feb 17, 2026 · 4m

We are in chapter twenty-five of Exodus with our word for today which is a phrase. לֶ֥חֶם פָּנִ֖ים bread of presence. It is used 9 times in the Old Testament. Let’s look at our uses starting with our chapter since it is the first time it is used in the Bible. Exodus 25:23, 30 You shall make a table of acacia wood … And you shall set the לֶ֥חֶם פָּנִ֖ים bread of the Presence on the table לְפָנַ֥י [literally face or in my presence] before me regularly. A good example of this is later in Exodus where it is just translated before instead of presence but it is the same phrase. Exodus 40:23 And…