Exodus 26:35

35 "You are to put the table outside the curtain and the menorah opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; put the table on the north side.

Exodus 26:35 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:35

And thou shalt set the table without the vail
The table of shewbread, of which see ( Exodus 25:23-30 ) , this was not to be within the vail, but without it, in the holy place: and the candlestick opposite the table, of which see ( Exodus 25:31 ) signifying, that in the church of God, in the present state of things, which the holy place was an emblem of, there are both food and light: the candlestick was placed

on the side of the tabernacle, toward the south;
according to Jarchi, two cubits and a half from the side of it:

and thou shalt put the table on the north side;
of the tabernacle, directly opposite the candlestick, two cubits and a half from the south side, as the same writer says;

Exodus 26:35 In-Context

33 Hang the curtain below the fasteners. Then bring the ark for the testimony inside the curtain; the curtain will be the divider for you between the Holy Place and the Especially Holy Place.

34 You are to put the ark-cover on the ark for the testimony in the Especially Holy Place.

35 "You are to put the table outside the curtain and the menorah opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; put the table on the north side.

36 "For the entrance to the tent, make a screen of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen; it should be in colors, the work of a weaver.

37 For the screen, make five posts of acacia-wood; overlay them with gold; and cast for them five sockets of bronze.