And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
Parallel translations
- WEB He 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.
- BSB He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- NKJV He made the table of acacia wood; two cubits was its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
- NASB Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.
- NLT Then Bezalel made the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
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Quick answer
The table for the bread of the Presence was made of acacia wood. It held the bread set continually before the Lord.
Overview
This table, placed in the Holy Place, bore the twelve loaves representing the twelve tribes in fellowship before God. The communion of God with His people at His table anticipates the Lord's Supper and the bread of life, Christ Himself (John 6:35). The dimensions follow Exodus 25:23.
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- Exod 25:23–30Thou 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.
- Exod 40:22–23And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
- Exod 40:4And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
- Exod 35:13The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
- Ezek 40:39–42And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
- Mal 1:12But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
- Col 1:27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
- John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- John 1:16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
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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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