造供桌的条例

23 “要用皂荚木造一张桌子,长八十八厘米,宽四十四厘米,高六十六厘米。 24 整张桌子都要包上纯金,四周镶上金边, 25 在桌子四周造一个八厘米宽的外框,上面也镶上金边。 26 要造四个金环,安在桌子四角的桌腿上, 27 金环要靠近外框,以便穿横杠抬桌子。 28 两根横杠要用皂荚木制作,外面包金,用来抬桌子。 29 你们要用纯金造桌子上的盘、碟和献酒用的杯和瓶。 30 桌子上要一直摆着供饼,献在我面前。

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The Table(A)

23 “Make a table(B) of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.[a] 24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. 25 Also make around it a rim a handbreadth[b] wide and put a gold molding on the rim. 26 Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners, where the four legs are. 27 The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table. 28 Make the poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold(C) and carry the table with them. 29 And make its plates and dishes of pure gold, as well as its pitchers and bowls for the pouring out of offerings.(D) 30 Put the bread of the Presence(E) on this table to be before me at all times.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:23 That is, about 3 feet long, 1 1/2 feet wide and 2 1/4 feet high or about 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide and 68 centimeters high
  2. Exodus 25:25 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters