Exodus 25:29-31
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
29 You shall make its plates[a] and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring libations; make them of pure gold. 30 On the table you shall always keep showbread set before me.(A)
The Menorah. 31 You shall make a menorah[b] of pure beaten gold(B)—its shaft and branches—with its cups and knobs and petals springing directly from it.
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- 25:29–30 The plates held the showbread, that is, the holy bread which was placed upon the table every sabbath as an offering to God, and was later eaten by the priests. The cups held the incense which was strewn upon the bread. Cf. Lv 24:5–9. The libation wine was poured from the pitchers into the bowls. All these vessels were kept on the golden table.
- 25:31 Menorah: this traditional lampstand is still used today in Jewish liturgy.
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