Exodus 25:20-30

20 Make the angels with their wings spread, hovering over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on it.

21 Set the Atonement-Cover as a lid over the Chest and place in the Chest The Testimony that I will give you.

22 I will meet you there at set times and speak with you from above the Atonement-Cover and from between the angel-figures that are on it, speaking the commands that I have for the Israelites. The Table

23 "Next make a Table from acacia wood. Make it three feet long, one and one-half feet wide and two and one-quarter feet high.

24 Cover it with a veneer of pure gold. Make a molding all around it of gold.

25 Make the border a handbreadth wide all around it and a rim of gold for the border.

26 Make four rings of gold and attach the rings to the four legs

27 parallel to the table top. They will serve as holders for the poles used to carry the Table.

28 Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with a veneer of gold. They will be used to carry the Table.

29 "Make plates, bowls, jars, and jugs for pouring out offerings. Make them of pure gold.

30 "Always keep fresh Bread of the Presence on the Table before me. The Lampstand

Exodus 25:20-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 25

In this chapter an order is given for a freewill offering towards various things for the worship and service of God, and the materials to be offered, which would be useful and acceptable, are mentioned particularly, Ex 25:1-7, as also another order to build a sanctuary for God, after a model that he would give, Ex 25:8,9, and, an ark to put in the law on tables of stone, the fashion of which, and the various things belonging to it, are described, Ex 25:10-16, and a mercy seat with cherubim on it to be set over the ark, where the Lord promises to meet Moses and commune with him, Ex 25:17-22 and a table with various appurtenances to it to place the shewbread on, Ex 25:23-30 and a candlestick of gold, whose parts are described, and all the instruments relative to it, Ex 25:31-40.