Exodus 37:10-16

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. 37:11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. 37:12 He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame. 37:13 He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were. 37:14 The rings were close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table. 37:15 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. 37:16 He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its ¹  plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings.

Exodus 40:22-23

40:22 And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain. 40:23 And he set the bread in order on it ²  before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 24:6

24:6 and you must set them in two rows, six in a row, ³  on the ceremonially pure table before the Lord.

Numbers 3:31

3:31 Their responsibilities included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, ⁴  the curtain, and all their service. ⁵ 

Numbers 3:1

The Sons of Aaron

3:1 ⁶ Now these are the records ⁷  of Aaron and Moses when ⁸  the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

Numbers 7:48

7:48 On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the Ephraimites, presented an offering.

Numbers 7:1

The Leader’s Offerings

7:1 ⁹ When Moses had completed setting up the tabernacle, ¹⁰  he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and he anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils.

Numbers 28:16

Passover and Unleavened Bread

28:16 “‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover.

Numbers 28:2

28:2 “Command the Israelites: ¹¹  ‘With regard to my offering, ¹²  be sure to offer ¹³  my food for my offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to me at its appointed time.’ ¹⁴ 

Numbers 4:8

4:8 They must spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.

Numbers 4:19

4:19 but in order that they will live ¹⁵  and not die when they approach the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint ¹⁶  each man ¹⁷  to his service and his responsibility.

Ezekiel 40:41-42

40:41 Four tables were on each side of the gate, eight tables on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered. 40:42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches ¹⁸  long, 32 inches ¹⁹  wide, and 21 inches ²⁰  high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.

Hebrews 9:2

9:2 For a tent was prepared, the outer one, ²¹  which contained ²²  the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this ²³  is called the holy place.

[37:16]  ¹ tn The suffixes on these could also indicate the indirect object (see Exod 25:29).

[40:23]  ² tn Heb uses a cognate accusative construction, “he arranged the arrangement.”

[24:6]  ³ tn Heb “six of the row.”

[3:31]  ⁴ tn The verb is יְשָׁרְתוּ (yÿsharÿtu, “they will serve/minister”). The imperfect tense in this place, however, probably describes what the priests would do, what they used to do. The verb is in a relative clause: “which they would serve with them,” which should be changed to read “with which they would serve.”

[3:31]  ⁵ tn The word is literally “its [their] service.” It describes all the implements that were there for the maintenance of these things.

[3:1]  ⁶ sn For significant literature for this chapter, see M. Aberbach and L. Smolar, “Aaron, Jeroboam, and their Golden Calves,” JBL 86 (1967): 129-40; G. Brin, “The First-born in Israel in the Biblical Period” (Ph.D. diss., University of Tel Aviv, 1971); S. H. Hooke, “Theory and Practice of Substitution,” VT 2 (1952): 2-17; and J. Morgenstern, “A Chapter in the History of the High Priesthood,” AJSL 55 (1938): 1-24.

[3:1]  ⁷ tn The construction is וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת (vÿ’elleh tolÿdot), which was traditionally translated “now these are the generations,” much as it was translated throughout the book of Genesis. The noun can refer to records, stories, genealogies, names, and accounts of people. Here it is the recorded genealogical list with assigned posts included. Like Genesis, it is a heading of a section, and not a colophon as some have suggested. It is here similar to Exodus: “these are the names of.” R. K. Harrison, Numbers (WEC), 62, insists that it is a colophon and should end chapter 2, but if that is followed in the Pentateuch, it creates difficulty throughout the narratives. See the discussion by A. P. Ross, Creation and Blessing, 69-74.

[3:1]  ⁸ tn The expression in the Hebrew text (“in the day of”) is idiomatic for “when.”

[7:1]  ⁹ sn This long and repetitious chapter has several parts to it: the introduction (vv. 1-3), the assigning of gifts (vv. 4-9), the time of presentation (vv. 10-11), and then the tribes (vv. 12-83), and then a summary (vv. 84-89).

[7:1]  ¹⁰ tn The construction of this line begins with the temporal indicator (traditionally translated “and it came to pass”) and then after the idiomatic “in the day of” (= “when”) uses the Piel infinitive construct from כָּלָה (kalah). The infinitive is governed by the subjective genitive, “Moses,” the formal subject of the clause. The object of the infinitive is the second infinitive, “to set up” (לְהָקִים, lÿhaqim). This infinitive, the Hiphil, serves as the direct object, answering the question of what it was that Moses completed. The entire clause is an adverbial clause of time.

[28:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and say to them.” These words have not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[28:2]  ¹² tn Th sentence begins with the accusative “my offering.” It is suspended at the beginning as an independent accusative to itemize the subject matter. The second accusative is the formal object of the verb. It could also be taken in apposition to the first accusative.

[28:2]  ¹³ tn The construction uses the imperfect tense expressing instruction, followed by the infinitive construct used to express the complement of direct object.

[28:2]  ¹⁴ sn See L. R. Fisher, “New Ritual Calendar from Ugarit,” HTR 63 (1970): 485-501.

[4:19]  ¹⁵ tn The word order is different in the Hebrew text: Do this…and they will live. Consequently, the verb “and they will live” is a perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive to express the future consequence of “doing this” for them.

[4:19]  ¹⁶ tn The perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive continues the instruction for Aaron.

[4:19]  ¹⁷ tn The distributive sense is obtained by the repetition, “a man” and “a man.”

[40:42]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

[40:42]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

[40:42]  ²⁰ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[9:2]  ²¹ tn Grk “the first,” in order of approach in the ritual.

[9:2]  ²² tn Grk “in which [were].”

[9:2]  ²³ tn Grk “which,” describing the outer tent.