And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lamp stand over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.
- KJV And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
- NKJV You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
- NASB And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
- NLT Place the table outside the inner curtain on the north side of the Tabernacle, and place the lampstand across the room on the south side.
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Quick answer
In the Holy Place, the table was set on the north side and the lampstand opposite on the south. These furnishings stood before the veil in the outer chamber.
Overview
Outside the veil, the table of showbread and the golden lampstand faced each other in the Holy Place. Each had its appointed position in the ordered worship of God. The bread and the light pointed beyond themselves to Christ, the bread of life and the light of the world (John 6:35; 8:12).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Exod 40:22Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
- Exod 40:24He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
- 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.
- Heb 9:8–9By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
- Exod 25:31–37Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
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