Table of the Shewbread
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The Table of the Shewbread is a sacred piece of furniture from the ancient Israelite Tabernacle and later the Temple in Jerusalem, used to hold the consecrated bread set before God.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holy Table (main altar) | 2 |
| Table of the Showbread | 2 |
| Table of the Bread of the Presence | 1 |
| Table of the Shewbread canonical | 1 |
| table of the bread of the Presence | 1 |
| table of the shewbread | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T652174 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Table of the Shewbread Context triple: [Arch of Titus reliefs, depicts, Table of the Shewbread]
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A.
Kodashim
Kodashim is the order of the Mishnah that deals with sacrificial rites, Temple service, and other holy offerings and sancta in Jewish law.
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B.
House of Bread
House of Bread is the literal meaning of the name Bethlehem, a historic town in the Levant revered in Jewish and Christian traditions.
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C.
Haggadah
The Haggadah is a Jewish religious text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder, combining biblical narrative, prayers, and ritual instructions.
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D.
Zohar Manna
Zohar Manna was a pioneering computer scientist known for his foundational work in mathematical logic, program verification, and the formal methods of software correctness.
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E.
Belshazzar’s Feast
Belshazzar’s Feast is a dramatic biblical painting by Rembrandt depicting the moment a mysterious divine inscription appears on the wall during the Babylonian king’s lavish banquet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Table of the Shewbread Target entity description: The Table of the Shewbread is a sacred piece of furniture from the ancient Israelite Tabernacle and later the Temple in Jerusalem, used to hold the consecrated bread set before God.
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A.
Kodashim
Kodashim is the order of the Mishnah that deals with sacrificial rites, Temple service, and other holy offerings and sancta in Jewish law.
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B.
House of Bread
House of Bread is the literal meaning of the name Bethlehem, a historic town in the Levant revered in Jewish and Christian traditions.
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C.
Haggadah
The Haggadah is a Jewish religious text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder, combining biblical narrative, prayers, and ritual instructions.
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D.
Zohar Manna
Zohar Manna was a pioneering computer scientist known for his foundational work in mathematical logic, program verification, and the formal methods of software correctness.
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E.
Belshazzar’s Feast
Belshazzar’s Feast is a dramatic biblical painting by Rembrandt depicting the moment a mysterious divine inscription appears on the wall during the Babylonian king’s lavish banquet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tabernacle furnishing
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Temple furnishing ⓘ biblical object ⓘ cultic object ⓘ sacred furniture ⓘ |
| associatedRitual | setting out twelve loaves of bread every Sabbath ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe | tribe of Levi ⓘ |
| breadType | unleavened bread (traditional interpretation) ⓘ |
| category | Old Testament cultic object ⓘ |
| commandedBy | God ⓘ |
| describedInChapter |
Exodus 25
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Exodus 37 ⓘ |
| eatenBy | Aaron and his sons ⓘ |
| eatenCondition | most holy portion from the offerings ⓘ |
| eatenLocation | holy place ⓘ |
| givenTo | Moses ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalName |
table of showbread
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table of the bread of the Presence ⓘ
linked to:
Table of the Shewbread
table of the bread of the Presence of the LORD ⓘ table of the shewbread ⓘ
linked to:
Table of the Shewbread
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| hasComponent |
bowls
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dishes ⓘ gold molding ⓘ pans ⓘ pitchers ⓘ poles of acacia wood overlaid with gold ⓘ rings of gold ⓘ |
| languageForm |
Hebrew: lechem panim (bread of the Presence)
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Hebrew: shulchan lechem panim (table of the bread of the Presence) ⓘ |
| loavesRepresent |
twelve tribes of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve Tribes of Israel
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| locatedIn | Holy Place ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | priests ⓘ |
| material | acacia wood ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of 1 Chronicles
ⓘ
linked to:
Books of Chronicles
Book of 2 Chronicles ⓘ
linked to:
2 Chronicles
Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Hebrews ⓘ
linked to:
Letter to the Hebrews
Book of Leviticus ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ |
| numberOfLoaves | 12 ⓘ |
| overlaidWith | pure gold ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
God’s continual presence with Israel
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covenant relationship between God and Israel ⓘ divine provision ⓘ |
| usedFor |
displaying consecrated bread before God
ⓘ
holding the bread of the Presence ⓘ |
| usedIn |
First Temple
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linked to:
First Temple in Jerusalem
Second Temple ⓘ
linked to:
Second Temple in Jerusalem
Tabernacle ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Table of the Shewbread Description of subject: The Table of the Shewbread is a sacred piece of furniture from the ancient Israelite Tabernacle and later the Temple in Jerusalem, used to hold the consecrated bread set before God.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Table of the Shewbread
linked to: Table of the Shewbread
subject linked to:
relief of the spoils of Jerusalem
linked to: Table of the Shewbread
linked to: Table of the Shewbread
linked to: Table of the Shewbread
linked to: Table of the Shewbread
linked to: Table of the Shewbread