Exodus 40:4

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Exodus 40:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 “On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

3 Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

4 Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

5 Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

6 Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

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Exodus 40:22

Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

Exodus 40:25

and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Exodus 25:23

You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

Exodus 25:24

Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.

Exodus 25:25

And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

Exodus 25:26

Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.

Exodus 25:27

The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

Exodus 25:28

Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

Exodus 25:29

You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.

Exodus 25:30

And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

Exodus 26:35

And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

Exodus 26:36

For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

Exodus 37:10

He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

Exodus 37:11

He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.

Exodus 37:12

And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

Exodus 37:13

He cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners at its four legs.

Exodus 37:14

The rings were placed close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

Exodus 37:15

He made the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and overlaid them with gold.

Exodus 37:16

He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

Exodus 37:17

Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Exodus 37:18

Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other.

Exodus 37:19

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.

Exodus 37:20

And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Exodus 37:21

A bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

Exodus 37:22

The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

Exodus 37:23

He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.

Exodus 37:24

He made the lampstand and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.

Leviticus 24:5

You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

Leviticus 24:6

and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.

Leviticus 24:8

Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.

Exodus 40:24

He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

Exodus 25:31

Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Exodus 25:32

Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.

Exodus 25:33

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Exodus 25:34

And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Exodus 25:35

For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

Exodus 25:36

The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

Exodus 25:37

Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.

Exodus 25:38

The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.

Exodus 25:39

The lampstand and all these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold.