noun
- twelve loaves of bread placed weekly on a table in the ancient Jewish temple as an offering to God
Usage: biblical; historical
Examples
- The priests replaced the shewbread every Sabbath in the temple.
- According to biblical law, only the priests could eat the old shewbread.
- The shewbread was arranged in two rows of six loaves each.
- David ate the shewbread when he was fleeing from Saul.
- The table for the shewbread was made of acacia wood overlaid with gold.
- Fresh shewbread was baked weekly for the temple service.