And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
This direction was one of the specifications for building the tabernacle given to Moses on the mount by Christ for Israel's service, received within the forty days when Moses was given God's laws and details for worship. It directs that the staves be made of shittim, that is acacia, wood and overlaid or covered with gold, so that the table may be carried with them. The table is the table of showbread or shewbread in the holy place, the first apartment of the sanctuary, standing on the north side.
The table was overlaid with pure gold and had gold-plated walls. Each Sabbath the priests placed twelve cakes on it in two piles and sprinkled them with frankincense, and the loaves removed from the table were holy and were eaten by the priests. The table glittered with the other furnishings in the light of the candlestick, contributing to the sanctuary's magnificence.
A real table corresponding to the one described in Exodus 25:23-30 stands in the first apartment, the holy place, of the heavenly sanctuary or temple, seen there with its showbread together with the candlestick with seven lamps and the altar of incense and censer. All the furniture of that apartment looks like purest gold and reflects the image of the one who enters there. Paul repeated this verse chapter after chapter with Exodus 24, Exodus 26, and Exodus 27 to his fellow workers while working quickly and skillfully with his hands at tentmaking, preaching the gospel by voice and by intelligent labor for his own benefit and theirs.
The verse teaches that supreme honor is to be given to God and that the skill, genius, and wisdom put into the tabernacle work were given by God to be used for His glory, giving an example of diligence and thoroughness in business as serving the Lord.
This direction was one of the specifications for building the tabernacle given to Moses on the mount by Christ for Israel's service, received within the forty days when Moses was given God's laws and details for worship. It directs that the staves be made of shittim, that is acacia, wood and overlaid or covered with gold, so that the table may be carried with them. The table is the table of showbread or shewbread in the holy place, the first apartment of the sanctuary, standing on the north side.
The table was overlaid with pure gold and had gold-plated walls. Each Sabbath the priests placed twelve cakes on it in two piles and sprinkled them with frankincense, and the loaves removed from the table were holy and were eaten by the priests. The table glittered with the other furnishings in the light of the candlestick, contributing to the sanctuary's magnificence.
A real table corresponding to the one described in Exodus 25:23-30 stands in the first apartment, the holy place, of the heavenly sanctuary or temple, seen there with its showbread together with the candlestick with seven lamps and the altar of incense and censer. All the furniture of that apartment looks like purest gold and reflects the image of the one who enters there. Paul repeated this verse chapter after chapter with Exodus 24, Exodus 26, and Exodus 27 to his fellow workers while working quickly and skillfully with his hands at tentmaking, preaching the gospel by voice and by intelligent labor for his own benefit and theirs.
The verse teaches that supreme honor is to be given to God and that the skill, genius, and wisdom put into the tabernacle work were given by God to be used for His glory, giving an example of diligence and thoroughness in business as serving the Lord.