seekeroftruth
Well-Known Member
Exodus 25:23 “Make a table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.[d] 24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. 25 Also make around it a rim a handbreadth[e] 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 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. 30 Put the bread of the Presence on this table to be before me at all times.
d. 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
e. Exodus 25:25 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
This is from the easy English commentary.
The workers made the table out of acacia wood. Then they covered it with gold. And they covered its rings and poles with gold too. The poles went through the rings so that the priests could carry the table. When they travelled, they carried God’s special tent and all its furniture with them.
The priests arranged 2 rows of bread on the table. There were 6 flat loaves in each row. That was 1 loaf to represent each of the 12 Israelite families. The priests changed the loaves each week and put fresh bread in their place. But God said that only the priests should eat that special bread. These loaves showed that God provides. He gave to the Israelites all that they needed. Also they showed that the people gave the result of their work to God. Jesus referred to this special bread. He said that the priest had given it to David. David and his men were hungry, so they came to the priest for help (1 Samuel 21:6 and Mark 2:25-26).
The priests arranged 2 rows of bread on the table. There were 6 flat loaves in each row. That was 1 loaf to represent each of the 12 Israelite families. The priests changed the loaves each week and put fresh bread in their place. But God said that only the priests should eat that special bread. These loaves showed that God provides. He gave to the Israelites all that they needed. Also they showed that the people gave the result of their work to God. Jesus referred to this special bread. He said that the priest had given it to David. David and his men were hungry, so they came to the priest for help (1 Samuel 21:6 and Mark 2:25-26).
This is from GodVine.
The table and the candlestick figured on the Arch of Titus at Rome are those of the Maccabaean times, but made as nearly as possible after the ancient models reproduced under the direction of Solomon and Zerubbabel. The details and size of the figure, and the description of Josephus, appear to agree very nearly with the directions here given to Moses, and to illustrate them in several particulars. Josephus says that the table was like the so-called Delphic tables, richly ornamented pieces of furniture in use amongst the Romans, which were sometimes, if not always, covered with gold or silver.
Here's a link to some pictures of the table.
