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The tabernacle table for bread

The table of shewbread in the Holy Place.
Contributed by Bible Scenes
Story also available on our translated website: Spanish
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God said to Moses, ‘You shall make a table of acacia wood.’ – Slide 1
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‘Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.’ (A cubit is the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger - in Biblical times 44.4 cm or 17.5 inches.) – Slide 2
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‘You shall overlay it with pure gold ... and make a molding of gold around it.’ – Slide 3
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‘And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a moulding of gold around the rim.’ – Slide 4
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‘And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.’ – Slide 5
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‘Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.’ – Slide 6
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‘You shall make the poles of acacia wood...’ – Slide 7
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‘…and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.’ – Slide 8
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‘And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings...’ – Slide 9
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‘… you shall make them of pure gold.’ – Slide 10
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‘And you shall set the bread of the Presence ...’ – Slide 11
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‘...on the table before me regularly.’ – Slide 12
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Slide 13