And by weight he gave gold for the tables of the showbread, for each table, and silver for the tables of silver;
Parallel translations
- WEB and the gold by weight for the tables of show bread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;
- KJV And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
- BSB the weight of gold for each table of showbread, and of silver for the silver tables;
- NASB and the gold by weight for the tables of the showbread, for each table; and silver for the silver tables;
- NLT 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.
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Quick answer
David set the weights of gold and silver for the tables, including those for the showbread. It provides for the temple's tables of presence.
Overview
Gold and silver were allotted by weight for the various tables, notably those holding the bread of the Presence. The showbread represented Israel's fellowship and dependence before God. This points forward to Christ, the true bread of life, who sustains and communes with his people.
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- Exod 25:23–30“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height.
- 1 Kgs 7:48Solomon made all the vessels that were in Yahweh’s house: the golden altar and the table that the show bread was on, of gold;
- 2 Chr 4:8He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
- 2 Chr 4:19Solomon made all the vessels that were in God’s house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;
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