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Mat 12:4. Τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ, the house of God) That which might have been considered as a ground of hesitation is exhibited in full force by this expression; the tabernacle is meant, as the temple was built somewhat later.-τοὺς ἄρτους, the loaves) There is much of a ceremonial character in the Sabbath: otherwise no argument could have been derived from the shew-bread.-τῆς προθέσεως, of the laying before,[549] Lat. propositionis) = Hebrew פנים.[550]-ΕἸ ΜῊ, except) i.e., for any except.
[549] This is expressed in English by the descriptive syllable Shew: so that, instead of saying with the Greeks and Latins-The bread of-the-laying-before, we say the Shew-Bread. Both idioms represent the same idea, viz., the bread that was laid before, or exhibited to, God.-(I. B.)
[550] לֶחֶם פָנִים, shew-bread, lit. bread of faces. PATRICK on Exo 25:30, in voc. shew-bread, says, “In the Hebrew, bread of the face or presence, because it was set before the Ark of the Covenant, where God was present.-(I. B.)