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You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
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Practicality in Sacred Design
Commentator John Gill, citing the historian Josephus, notes a key difference between the staves for the table and those for the Ark of the Covenant. The table's staves were removed when not being carried. This was a practical design choice, allowing priests to easily access the table each week to set out the bread without the poles getting in the way.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(). The table and the candlestick depicted on the Arch of Titus at Rome are those of the Maccabean times, but made as closely as possible after the…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TABLE OF SHEWBREAD.
Thou shalt also make a table. —The ark and mercy seat, which covered it, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you will make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold In like mann…
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A table was to be made of wood, overlaid with gold, to stand in the outer tabernacle, to be always furnished with the showbread. This table, with t…
