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Bread of the Presence

23 (A)You shall make a table of acacia wood, two [a]cubits [b]long and one cubit [c]wide and one and a half cubits [d]high. 24 You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold (B)border around it. 25 You shall make for it a rim of a [e]handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. 26 You shall make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four feet. 27 The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried. 29 You shall make its [f](C)dishes and its pans and its jars and its offering bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. 30 You shall set (D)the bread of the [g]Presence on the table before Me [h]at all times.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:23 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
  2. Exodus 25:23 Lit its length
  3. Exodus 25:23 Lit its width
  4. Exodus 25:23 Lit its height
  5. Exodus 25:25 A handbreadth was approx. 3 in. or 7.6 cm
  6. Exodus 25:29 Or platters
  7. Exodus 25:30 Lit Face
  8. Exodus 25:30 Or continually

The Table for the Showbread(A)

23 (B)“You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 24 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around. 25 You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around. 26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs. 27 The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table. 28 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them. 29 You shall make (C)its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold. 30 And you shall set the (D)showbread on the table before Me always.

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