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The Meaning of the Furniture
Commentators explain that this verse details the placement of two key items in the Holy Place: the table of shewbread and the golden lampstand. 'Setting in order' specifically refers to arranging the twelve loaves of bread on the table, which symbolized God's covenant provision for the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 40:4
18th Century
Theologian
The directions given in Leviticus 24:5-9 are here presupposed, and must have been issued before this chapter was written.
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 40:1–8
19th Century
Bishop
Though the work was now complete, and all the parts of the Tabernacle made ready, Moses did not immediately proceed to erect it. As when he first w…
John Gill
On Exodus 40:4
17th Century
Pastor
And thou shall bring in the table
The table of shewbread, which was to be set in the holy place:
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 40:1–15
17th Century
Minister
When a new year begins, we should seek to serve God better than the year before. In half a year the tabernacle was completed. When the hearts of ma…