1 Chronicles 28:16

16 the weight of gold for each table for consecrated bread; the weight of silver for the silver tables;

1 Chronicles 28:16 in Other Translations

16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

16 the weight of gold for each table for the showbread, the silver for the silver tables,

16 He designated the amount of gold for the table on which the Bread of the Presence would be placed and the amount of silver for other tables.

16 the gold tables for consecrated bread, the silver tables,

16 the weight of gold for each table for the rows [of the bread of the Presence] and the silver for the silver tables;

1 Chronicles 28:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 28:16

And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for
every table
For though there were but one table for the shewbread in the tabernacle of Moses, there were ten in the temple of Solomon, ( 2 Chronicles 4:8 ) and each of them contained one hundred pounds in weight ^F21:

and likewise silver for the tables of silver;
these were placed in the court, as Jarchi thinks, on which they flayed the sacrifices; or, as Kimchi, on which they slew them, and laid the flesh of the burnt offerings on them, which he gathers from ( Ezekiel 40:39 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Jacob Leon, ibid. (Relation of Memorable Things in the Tabernacle and Temple, ch. 4. p. 20.)

1 Chronicles 28:16 In-Context

14 He designated the weight of gold for all the gold articles to be used in various kinds of service, and the weight of silver for all the silver articles to be used in various kinds of service:

15 the weight of gold for the gold lampstands and their lamps, with the weight for each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;

16 the weight of gold for each table for consecrated bread; the weight of silver for the silver tables;

17 the weight of pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls and pitchers; the weight of gold for each gold dish; the weight of silver for each silver dish;

18 and the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave him the plan for the chariot, that is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and overshadow the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 25:23