Exodus 25:23

The Table for the Bread of the Presence

25:23 ¹ “You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.

Exodus 26:16

26:16 Each ²  frame is to be fifteen feet long, and each frame is to be two feet three inches wide,

Exodus 30:2

30:2 Its length is to be a foot and a half ³  and its width a foot and a half; it will be square. Its height is to be three feet, ⁴  with its horns of one piece with it. ⁵ 

Exodus 36:21

36:21 The length of each ⁶  frame was fifteen feet, the width of each ⁷  frame was two and a quarter feet,

Exodus 37:10

The Making of the Table

37:10 He made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.

[25:23]  ¹ sn The Table of the Bread of the Presence (Tyndale’s translation, “Shewbread,” was used in KJV and influenced ASV, NAB) was to be a standing acknowledgment that Yahweh was the giver of daily bread. It was called the “presence-bread” because it was set out in his presence. The theology of this is that God provides, and the practice of this is that the people must provide for constant thanks. So if the ark speaks of communion through atonement, the table speaks of dedicatory gratitude.

[26:16]  ² tn Heb “the frame.”

[30:2]  ³ tn Heb “a cubit.”

[30:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “two cubits.”

[30:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “its horns from it.”

[36:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “the frame.”

[36:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “the one.”