shew-bread

plural shew-breads

1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of showbread.

   1658: a long sided quadrate … was the figure of the Ark of the Covenant, the table of the Shew-bread, and the stone wherein the names of the twelve Tribes were engraved — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 177)

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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.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 2:4, signature [Qq5], recto, column 2

   And he ſaid vnto them, Haue ye neuer read what Dauid did, when hee had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How hee went into the houſe of God in the dayes of Abiathar the high Prieſt, and did eate the Shew-bꝛead, which is not lawfull to eate, but foꝛ the Pꝛieſts, and gaue alſo to them which were with him?

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 2:25–26, signature D3, recto, column 2