⁸ He made ten tables^(A) and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.^(B)

⁴⁸ Solomon also made all^(A) the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple:

²¹ You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.^(A)

¹² “But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table^(A) is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food^(B) is contemptible.’

²⁰ On that day holy to the Lord^(A) will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots^(B) in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls^(C) in front of the altar.

¹⁶ They alone are to enter my sanctuary; they alone are to come near my table^(A) to minister before me and serve me as guards.^(B)

The Table^(A)

¹⁰ They^[a] made the table^(B) of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.^{[b] 11} Then they overlaid it with pure gold^(C) and made a gold molding around it. ¹² They also made around it a rim a handbreadth^[c] wide and put a gold molding on the rim. ¹³ They cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners, where the four legs were. ¹⁴ The rings^(D) were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table. ¹⁵ The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold. ¹⁶ And they made from pure gold the articles for the table—its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for the pouring out of drink offerings.

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.