Exodus 25:26-36

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

31 "Make a Lampstand of pure hammered gold. Make its stem and branches, cups, calyxes, and petals all of one piece.

32 Give it six branches, three from one side and three from the other;

33 put three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, on one branch, three on the next, and so on - the same for all six branches.

34 On the main stem of the Lampstand, make four cups shaped like almonds, with calyx and petals,

35 a calyx extending from under each pair of the six branches,

36 the entire Lampstand fashioned from one piece of hammered pure gold.

Exodus 25:26-36 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.