Teaching the Old Testament. Revealing Christ.
Teaching the Old Testament. Revealing Christ.
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A gold-covered table held twelve loaves, one for each tribe, set before the Lord continually.
Location
Holy Place, north side
Size
2 × 1 × 1½ cubits
Material
Acacia wood overlaid with gold
Bread
12 loaves, renewed each Sabbath
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What the Bible says
King James Version
Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood; two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me always.
Exodus 25:23–30; cf. Exodus 37:10–16
Pointing to Christ
The bread was always before God, and the priests ate it in the holy place. Christ is the bread that sustains His people.
“I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger.” John 6:35
Where it stood
Table of Shewbread · Holy Place
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