Exodus 25:23-30 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 25:23-30

Here is, 1. A table ordered to be made of wood overlaid with gold, which was to stand, not in the holy of holies (nothing was in that but the ark with its appurtenances), but in the outer part of the tabernacle, called the sanctuary, or holy place, Heb. 9:2, 23 There must also be the usual furniture of the sideboard, dishes and spoons, etc., and all of gold, Exod. 25:29. 2. This table was to be always spread, and furnished with the show-bread (Exod. 25:30), or bread of faces, twelve loaves,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:23

Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood ,.... As the sanctuary or tabernacle was an house for God to dwell in, he would have the proper furniture of an house, as a table, candlestick, &c.; This table was to be in the same place with the ark and mercy seat; they were set in the holy of holies, where there were nothing else; but this in the holy place, on the north side of it, Exodus 26:35 its principal use was to set the shewbread on, as after mentioned, and was typical of Christ,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:24

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold ,.... Cover it with a plate of gold, so that the wood was not seen; which may denote either the excellency of Christ's human nature, being pure and spotless, and adorned with the grace of the Spirit of God without measure; or rather of his divine nature, which is the head of Christ, and said to be as the most fine gold, for in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily: and make thereto a crown of gold round about ; that is, on both sides... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:25

And thou shalt make unto it a border of art hand's breadth round about ,.... Jarchi says, their wise men are divided about this; some say it was above, round about the table; others say it was below, fixed from foot to foot at the four corners of the table, and the board of the table lay upon the border: and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about ; this was not the same spoke of in the former verse, but another; that was above, and upon the table, this below and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:26

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold ,.... As the ark had, and for the same use as the rings of that were, though whether cast, as they were, is not said: and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof ; as there were four feet at the four corners of the table, to each foot a ring was fastened; the use of these follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:27

Over against the border ,.... Or "under" it, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions. Jarchi says the rings were fixed to the feet over against the top of the border: shall the rings be for placing of the staves to bear the table ; into these rings staves were to be put, to carry the table from place to place, when it was necessary, as while they were in the wilderness, and before the tabernacle had a fixed settled place for it; for wherever the tabernacle was carried, the ark and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:28

And thou shall make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold ,.... In like manner as the staves for the ark, and which were made of the same wood: that the table may be borne with them ; when moved from one place to another; these staves did not remain in the rings, as the staves for the ark did; but, as Josephus says F23 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 6. sect. 6. , were taken out, because they otherwise would have been in the way of the priests, who came every week to it, to set... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:29

And thou shall make the dishes thereof ,.... On which the shewbread loaves were set. Jarchi says they were of the form of the bread, and that there were two sorts, one of gold, and one of iron; in the iron one the bread was baked, and when they took it out of the oven, they put it into the golden one until the morrow of the sabbath, when they set it in order upon the table; and that form is called "Kaarah", which we render a dish: and the spoons thereof ; or rather "cups"; these, Jarchi... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:30

And thou shall set upon the table shewbread before me always. Which consisted of twelve cakes loaves, set in two rows upon the table, and stood there a whole week, and every sabbath were renewed; and when the old ones were took away, which were eaten by the priests, new ones were set, so that they were always before the Lord; and being continually before him, were called shewbread, or "bread of faces", being always before the face of God. This was a memorial of the goodness of God in daily... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 25:23

Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood - The same wood, the acacia, of which the arkstaves, etc., were made. On the subject of the ark, table of shew-bread, etc., Dr. Cudworth, in his very learned and excellent treatise on the Lord's Supper, has the following remarks: - "When God had brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, resolving to manifest himself in a peculiar manner present among them, he thought good to dwell amongst them in a visible and external manner; and therefore,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 25:23-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 25:23

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