Bread of the Presence

23 (A)You shall also make a table of acacia wood, [a]two cubits [b]long and one cubit [c]wide, and one and a half cubits [d]high. 24 You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold (B)border around it. 25 And you shall make for it a rim of a [e]hand width around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. 26 You shall also make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four legs. 27 The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried. 29 You shall also make its (C)dishes, its pans, its jars, and its libation bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:23 About 3 ft. long, 1.5 ft. wide, 2.25 ft. high or 90 cm, 45 cm, and 68 cm
  2. Exodus 25:23 Lit its length
  3. Exodus 25:23 Lit its width
  4. Exodus 25:23 Lit its height
  5. Exodus 25:25 About 3 in. or 7.5 cm

The Table(A)

23 “Make a table(B) of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.[a] 24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. 25 Also make around it a rim a handbreadth[b] wide and put a gold molding on the rim. 26 Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners, where the four legs are. 27 The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table. 28 Make the poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold(C) and carry the table with them. 29 And make its plates and dishes of pure gold, as well as its pitchers and bowls for the pouring out of offerings.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:23 That is, about 3 feet long, 1 1/2 feet wide and 2 1/4 feet high or about 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide and 68 centimeters high
  2. Exodus 25:25 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters