Exodus 25:21-31

21 You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I shall give you.

22 There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the covenant, I will deliver to you all my commands for the Israelites.

23 You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

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

25 You shall make around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.

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

27 The rings that hold the poles used for carrying the table shall be close to the rim.

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

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

30 And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always.

31 You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its calyxes, and its petals shall be of one piece with it;

Exodus 25:21-31 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or [the cover]
• [b]. Or [treaty], or [testimony]; Heb [eduth]
• [c]. Or [the cover]
• [d]. Or [treaty], or [testimony]; Heb [eduth]