Exodus 25:23-30

Instructions for the table

23 Make an acacia-wood table, three feet long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

24 Cover it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it.

25 Make a frame around it that is four inches wide and a gold molding around the frame.

26 Make four gold rings for the table. Fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

27 The rings that house the poles used for carrying the table should be close to the frame.

28 Make the poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. The table should be carried with these poles.

29 Make its plates, dishes, jars, and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them of pure gold.

30 Set the bread of the presence on the table so it is always in front of me.

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.