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shewbread

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shew·bread  (shbrd)
n.
Variant of showbread.
shewbread, showbread [ˈʃəʊˌbrɛd]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Old Testament the loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on the table beside the altar of incense in the tabernacle or temple of ancient Israel (Exodus 25:30; Leviticus 24:5-9)
[on the model of German Schaubrot, a translation of the Greek artoi enōpioi, a translation of the Hebrew lechem pānīm, literally: bread of the presence]
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