Exodus 26:35

35 Outside the Most Holy Place put the table against the north side of the Tent and the lampstand against the south side.

Exodus 26:35 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:35

And thou shalt set the table without the vail
The table of shewbread, of which see ( Exodus 25:23-30 ) , this was not to be within the vail, but without it, in the holy place: and the candlestick opposite the table, of which see ( Exodus 25:31 ) signifying, that in the church of God, in the present state of things, which the holy place was an emblem of, there are both food and light: the candlestick was placed

on the side of the tabernacle, toward the south;
according to Jarchi, two cubits and a half from the side of it:

and thou shalt put the table on the north side;
of the tabernacle, directly opposite the candlestick, two cubits and a half from the south side, as the same writer says;

Exodus 26:35 In-Context

33 Place the curtain under the row of hooks in the roof of the Tent, and put behind the curtain the Covenant Box containing the two stone tablets. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

34 Put the lid on the Covenant Box.

35 Outside the Most Holy Place put the table against the north side of the Tent and the lampstand against the south side.

36 "For the entrance of the Tent make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery.

37 For this curtain make five posts of acacia wood covered with gold and fitted with gold hooks; make five bronze bases for these posts.