“Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches 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.
- BSB You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- 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.
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Quick answer
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 made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its width was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
- Heb 9:2For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.
- 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.
- 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 4:19Solomon made all the vessels that were in God’s house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;
- Ezek 40:41–42Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed the sacrifices.
- 1 Chr 28:16and the gold by weight for the tables of show bread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;
- Exod 40:22–23He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside of the veil.
- Lev 24:6You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh.
- Num 3:31Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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