Exodus 25:23-30
English Standard Version
The Table for Bread
23 (A)“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 24 You shall overlay it with (B)pure gold and make a molding of gold around it. 25 And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth[a] wide, and a molding of gold around the rim. 26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 27 Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as (C)holders for the poles to carry the table. 28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these. 29 And you shall make its plates and (D)dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. 30 And you shall set the (E)bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
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- Exodus 25:25 A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters
Exodus 25:23-30
International Standard Version
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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- Exodus 25:23 I.e. about 36 inches
- Exodus 25:23 I.e. about 18 inches
- Exodus 25:23 I.e. about 45 inches
- Exodus 25:25 I.e. about 4 inches
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