Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 11:4

כָּל הַמְּנָחוֹת יֵשׁ בָּהֶן מַעֲשֵׂה כְלִי בִּפְנִים, וְאֵין בָּהֶן מַעֲשֵׂה כְלִי בַחוּץ. כֵּיצַד. שְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם אָרְכָּן שִׁבְעָה וְרָחְבָּן אַרְבָּעָה, וְקַרְנוֹתֵיהֶן אַרְבַּע אֶצְבָּעוֹת. לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים, אָרְכָּן עֲשָׂרָה וְרָחְבָּן חֲמִשָּׁה, וְקַרְנוֹתָיו שֶׁבַע אֶצְבָּעוֹת. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, שֶׁלֹּא תִטְעֶה, זד"ד יה"ז. בֶּן זוֹמָא אוֹמֵר, וְנָתַתָּ עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן לֶחֶם פָּנִים לְפָנַי תָּמִיד, שֶׁיְּהֵא לוֹ פָנִים:

All flour offerings require a vessel [for preparations done] inside [the Temple courtyard] but do not require a vessel [for preparations done] outside. How so? The <i>Shtei Halechem</i>, were seven hand-breadths long, four hand-breadths wide and their sides were four finger-breadths tall. <i>Lechem Hapanim</i> was ten hand-breadths long, five hand-breadths wide and its sides were seven fingers. Rabbi Yehuda said, so one should not err, <i>ZaDad Yehaz</i> [an acronym from the letters representing the numeric value of the measurements]. Ben Zoma says "and you shall place on the table <i>Lechem Hapanim</i> always" (Shemot 25:30) - it must have sides.

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