Exodus 25:23-30

The Table of Showbread

23 "¹You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long and one cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.

24 "You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold ²border around it.

25 "You shall make for it a rim of a 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 ³dishes and its pans and its jars and its bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.

30 "You shall set ⁴the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

Exodus 25:23-30 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.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 37:10-16
• 2. Exodus 25:11
• 3. Exodus 37:16; Numbers 4:7
• 4. Exodus 39:36; Exodus 40:23; Leviticus 24:5-9

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "its length"
• [b]. Lit "its width"
• [c]. Lit "its height"
• [d]. Or "platters"
• [e]. Lit "libation bowls"
• [f]. Lit "Face"
• [g]. Or "continually"