Exodus 25: 23-30: “Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 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. Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.”
The ark was kept in the most holy part of the tabernacle. There were, at least three layers of covering over the entire tabernacle so that no one could accidentally see into the ark and die because they had seen the holiest things of the Lord. However, it was important that the people placed offerings to the Lord on a daily basis. It would be wrong to put these gifts on the ground so a table was made to hold these offerings, the shewbread. The table was similar to the ark in construction. It was made of gold so that it would be fit for the King of Heaven and was to be carried by people, as with the ark. It is remarkable that the Lord uses people at all because we are all sinners and we all disappoint Him on a regular basis. Never the less, He perseveres with us and allows us to have a place in His plans that are both great and good.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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