Exodus 25:28

28 And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them.

Exodus 25:28 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:28

And thou shall make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay
them with gold
In like manner as the staves for the ark, and which were made of the same wood:

that the table may be borne with them;
when moved from one place to another; these staves did not remain in the rings, as the staves for the ark did; but, as Josephus says ^F23, were taken out, because they otherwise would have been in the way of the priests, who came every week to it, to set the shewbread on; and these were put in only when they carried it from place to place, as appears from ( Numbers 4:8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 6. sect. 6.

Exodus 25:28 In-Context

26 And thou shalt make four golden rings; and thou shalt put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown.

27 And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them.

28 And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them.

29 And thou shalt make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which thou shalt offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.