Take the finest flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf. The bread of the Presence — twelve loaves of the finest flour — is prepared according to the specification first given in Exodus 25:30 and Leviticus 2. Two-tenths of an ephah per loaf communicates the substantial size of each loaf: this is not token bread but a full-sized presentation representing the full-sized covenant community. The twelve loaves that represent the twelve tribes are made with the same finest flour as the grain offering.

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