Exodus 25:23

You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God gives Moses precise architectural instructions for the tabernacle furnishings immediately after describing the mercy seat.

The words — The command specifies שֻׁלְחָן (shulchan, a table) built from עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים (atzei shittim, acacia wood) with exact length, width, and height measurements.

The thread — The identical dimensions appear in Exodus 37:10, while Hebrews 9:2 and 1 Kings 7:48 reference the table as a permanent feature of the sanctuary.

Why it lands — The verse requires exact compliance with divine specifications, treating sacred construction as a matter of measured obedience rather than human preference.

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The Hebrew words

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָve./'a.Si.taand/ you will make שֻׁלְחָ֖ןshul.Chana table עֲצֵ֣י'a.Tzeiwood<s> of שִׁטִּ֑יםshi.Timacacia אַמָּתַ֤יִם'a.ma.Ta.yim[will be] two cubits אָרְכּוֹ֙'a.re.K/olength/ its וְאַמָּ֣הve./'a.Mahand/ [will be] a cubit רָחְבּ֔וֹra.che.B/obreadth/ its וְאַמָּ֥הve./'a.Mahand/ [will be] a cubit וָחֵ֖צִיva./Che.tziand/ a half קֹמָתֽוֹ׃ko.ma.T/oheight/ its

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Exodus 37:10 He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Hebrews 9:2 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
1 Kings 7:48 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
2 Chronicles 4:8 Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
Exodus 40:22 Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
Leviticus 24:6 and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
Numbers 3:31 Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.
1 Chronicles 28:16 the weight of gold for each table of showbread, and of silver for the silver tables;
2 Chronicles 4:19 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
Ezekiel 40:41 So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.