The Table

23 “You are to construct a table(A) of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.[a] 24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it. 25 Make a three-inch[b] frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame. 26 Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 27 The rings should be next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28 Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table can be carried by them. 29 You are also to make its plates(B) and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold. 30 Put the Bread of the Presence(C) on the table before me at all times.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:23 Lit two cubits its length, one cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height
  2. 25:25 Lit Make it a handbreadth

The Table of Showbread

23 “You are to make a table of acacia wood, two cubits[a] long, a cubit[b] wide, and one and a half cubits[c] high. 24 You are to overlay it with pure gold, and put a gold molding around it. 25 You are to make a rim one handbreadth in width[d] around it, and you are to make a gold molding around the rim. 26 You are to make four gold rings for it, and put the rings on the four corners where its four feet are. 27 The rings are to be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28 You are to make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold so the table can be carried with them. 29 You are to make its plates, dishes, jars, and bowls from which libations will be poured, and you are to make them of pure gold. 30 You are to put the bread of the Presence on the table before me continuously.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:23 I.e. about 36 inches
  2. Exodus 25:23 I.e. about 18 inches
  3. Exodus 25:23 I.e. about 45 inches
  4. Exodus 25:25 I.e. about 4 inches