Exodus 37:16

He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrative records the artisan's completion of the tabernacle's sacred furnishings immediately after crafting the carrying poles for the table.

The words — וַ/יַּ֜עַשׂ (va/i.Ya.'as) translates to "and he made," and הַ/כֵּלִים (ha./ke.Lim) means "the articles" or utensils. These terms anchor the verse's focus on the fabrication of the table's specific fittings.

The thread — The directive to fashion these gold utensils originates in Exodus 25:29, while their later presence in Solomon's temple appears in 1 Kings 7:50 and 2 Kings 12:13. The Exodus account fulfills the earlier command without adding interpretive details about their eventual disposition.

Why it lands — The text demands attention to the precise materials and designated functions of the tabernacle's sacred objects. It requires the reader to observe how the artisan's work directly executes the specified instructions for the table's plates, dishes, bowls, and pitchers.

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The Hebrew words

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King James Version

And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.

Cross-references

Exodus 25:29 You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.
1 Kings 7:50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
2 Kings 12:13 However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah 52:18 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
2 Timothy 2:20 A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.