Shew-bread

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of showbread. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Behold, I build an houſe to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burne befoꝛe him ſweet incenſe, and foꝛ the continuall ſhew-bꝛead, and foꝛ the burnt offrings moꝛning and euening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new Moones, and on the ſolemne feaſts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance foꝛ euer to Iſrael."

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facebread

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"Behold, I build an houſe to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burne befoꝛe him ſweet incenſe, and foꝛ the continuall ſhew-bꝛead, and foꝛ the burnt offrings moꝛning and euening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new Moones, and on the ſolemne feaſts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance foꝛ euer to Iſrael."

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