Exodus 25:23-29

The Table for Bread

23 ¹"You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

24 You shall overlay it with ²pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.

25 And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth^[a] wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.

26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

27 Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as ³holders for the poles to carry the table.

28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.

29 And you shall make its plates and ⁴dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.

Exodus 25:23-29 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. For ver. 23-29, see Exodus 37:10-16; [1 Kings 7:48; 2 Chronicles 4:8; Hebrews 9:2]
• 2. ver. 11
• 3. Exodus 26:29; Exodus 30:4; Exodus 36:34; Exodus 37:14, 27; Exodus 38:5
• 4. Exodus 37:16; Numbers 4:7

Footnotes

• [a]. A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters