Exodus 25:16-26

16 "Place The Testimony that I give you in the Chest.

17 "Now make a lid of pure gold for the Chest, an Atonement-Cover, three and three-quarters feet long and two and one-quarter feet wide.

18 "Sculpt two winged angels out of hammered gold for either end of the Atonement-Cover,

19 one angel at one end, one angel at the other. Make them of one piece with the Atonement-Cover.

20 Make the angels with their wings spread, hovering over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on it.

21 Set the Atonement-Cover as a lid over the Chest and place in the Chest The Testimony that I will give you.

22 I will meet you there at set times and speak with you from above the Atonement-Cover and from between the angel-figures that are on it, speaking the commands that I have for the Israelites. The Table

23 "Next make a Table from acacia wood. Make it three feet long, one and one-half feet wide and two and one-quarter feet high.

24 Cover it with a veneer of pure gold. Make a molding all around it of gold.

25 Make the border a handbreadth wide all around it and a rim of gold for the border.

26 Make four rings of gold and attach the rings to the four legs

Exodus 25:16-26 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.