You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Parallel translations
- WEB “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.
- KJV Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
- NKJV “You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
- NASB “You shall also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long and one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.
- NLT “Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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God commanded a table of acacia wood with set dimensions for the holy place. This table would hold the bread of the presence before God.
Overview
The table, like the ark, was made of durable acacia wood and precisely measured according to God's pattern. It stood in the Holy Place and bore the bread of the presence, symbolizing fellowship and God's provision. Its placement near God's dwelling signified communion at His table. The bread it held points to Christ, the true bread of life who sustains His people.
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- Exod 37:10–16He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Heb 9:2A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
- 2 Chr 4:8Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
- 1 Kgs 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- 2 Chr 4:19Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- Ezek 40:41–42So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.
- 1 Chr 28:16the weight of gold for each table of showbread, and of silver for the silver tables;
- Exod 40:22–23Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
- Lev 24:6and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
- Num 3:31Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.
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