Charles Ellicott Commentary Exodus 40:24

"And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward." — Exodus 40:24 (ASV)

He put the candlestick ... over against the table. — Directly opposite to it, on the left hand, as one faced the veil. The light would thus be thrown on the table of shewbread. .