Exodus 25:28

JPS Old Testament

And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall make the poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

King James Version
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Lexham English Bible
And you will make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table will be carried with them.

New Century Version
Make the poles out of acacia wood, cover them with gold, and carry the table with these poles.

New English Translation
You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

Amplified Bible
"You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

New American Standard Bible
"And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt make the barres of Shittim wood, and shalt ouerlay them with golde, that the Table may be borne with them.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.

Complete Jewish Bible
Make the poles of acacia-wood, overlay them with gold, and use them to carry the table.

Darby Translation
And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried upon them.

Easy-to-Read Version
Use acacia wood to make the poles, and cover them with gold. The poles are for carrying the table.

English Standard Version
You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.

George Lamsa Translation
You shall make the poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Good News Translation
Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

Christian Standard Bible®
Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table can be carried by them.

Literal Translation
And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and you shall overlay them with gold. And the table shall be carried by them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and thou shalt make the staues of Fyrre tre, & ouerlaye them with golde, yt the table maye be borne therwith.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Bible in Basic English
Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt make ye barres of Sittim wood, & ouerlay them with golde, that the table may be borne with them.

King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt make the staues of Shittim wood, and ouerlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt make tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and thou schalt cumpas with gold to bere the boord.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, and the table hath been borne with them;

Update Bible Version
And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt make the staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

World English Bible
You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

New King James Version
And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

New Living Translation
Make these poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

New Life Bible
Cut the long, straight pieces of acacia wood and cover them with gold. The table will be carried with these.

New Revised Standard
You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and shalt overlay them with gold, - and the table shall be lifted there, with;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold, to bear up the table.

Revised Standard Version
You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.

Contextual Overview

²³ And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. ²⁴ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. ²⁵ And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. ²⁶ And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. ²⁷ Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table. ²⁸ And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. ²⁹ And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the jars thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out; of pure gold shalt thou make them. ³⁰ And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway.

Bible Verse Review
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the table: Exodus 25:14, Exodus 25:27, Numbers 10:17, Acts 9:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:13 - General Exodus 27:7 - bear it Exodus 36:31 - General Ezekiel 41:22 - This is

Cross-References

Genesis 25:6
But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

Genesis 25:7
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.

Genesis 27:4
and make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.'

Genesis 27:9
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury food for thy father, such as he loveth;

Genesis 27:19
And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.'

Genesis 27:25
And he said: 'Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee.' And he brought it near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

Genesis 27:31
And he also made savoury food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father: 'Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shall make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold,.... In like manner as the staves for the ark, and which were made of the same wood:

that the table may be borne with them; when moved from one place to another; these staves did not remain in the rings, as the staves for the ark did; but, as Josephus says w, were taken out, because they otherwise would have been in the way of the priests, who came every week to it, to set the shewbread on; and these were put in only when they carried it from place to place, as appears from Numbers 4:8.

w Antiqu. l. 3. c. 6. sect. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

(Compare Exodus 37:10-16.) The table and the candlestick figured on the Arch of Titus at Rome are those of the Maccabaean times, but made as nearly as possible after the ancient models reproduced under the direction of Solomon and Zerubbabel. The details and size of the figure, and the description of Josephus, appear to agree very nearly with the directions here given to Moses, and to illustrate them in several particulars. Josephus says that the table was like the so-called Delphic tables, richly ornamented pieces of furniture in use amongst the Romans, which were sometimes, if not always, covered with gold or silver.

Exodus 25:24

See Exodus 25:11 note. The moulding of the table is still seen at the ends of the sculptured figure.

Exodus 25:25

A border - Rather a framing, which reached from leg to leg so as to make the table firm, as well as to adorn it with a second moulding of gold. Two fragments of such framing are still seen in the sculpture attached to the legs halfway down.

Exodus 25:27

Over against the border - Rather, Over against the framing; that is, the rings were to be placed not upon the framing itself, but at the extremities of the legs answering to each corner of it.

Exodus 25:29

Dishes - deep vessels like “bowls,” similar to the large silver vessels (or chargers) which were filled with fine flour, and formed part of the offerings of the Princes of Israel (Numbers 7:13 following).

Spoons - Rather, the small gold cups that were filled with frankincense in the offerings of the Princes Numbers 7:14, and represented on the table in the sculpture.

Covers ... bowls - Or flagons and chalices, such as were used for the rite of the drink offering, which appears to have regularly accompanied every Meat offering (Leviticus 23:18; Numbers 6:15; Numbers 28:14, etc.). The subject is important in its bearing upon the meaning of the showbread: the corrected rendering of the words tends to show that it was a true Meat offering.

To cover withal - See the margin. The first part of the verse might be better rendered: And thou shalt make its bowls and its incense-cups and its flagons and its chalices for pouring out “the drink offerings.”

Exodus 25:30

The showbread table was placed in the holy place on the north side Exodus 26:35. Directions for preparing the showbread are given in Leviticus 24:5-9. It consisted of twelve large cakes of unleavened bread, which were arranged on the table in two piles, with a golden cup of frankincense on each pile. It was renewed every Sabbath day. The stale loaves were given to the priests, and the frankincense appears to have been lighted on the altar for a memorial. The showbread, with all the characteristics and significance of a great national Meat offering, in which the twelve tribes were represented by the twelve cakes, was to stand before Yahweh “perpetually,” in token that He was always graciously accepting the good works of His people, for whom atonement had been made by the victims offered on the altar in the court of the sanctuary. The showbread or bread which is set forth would be more fairly rendered “bread of the presence.” See the notes at Leviticus 24:5-9.