Exodus 37:10-16
Bezalel makes the gold-overlaid table and its utensils for the bread set before the Lord.
10 He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its width was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
12 He made a border of a hand’s width around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.
13 He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet.
14 The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles to carry the table.
15 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
16 He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour out, of pure gold.
Bezalel makes the gold-overlaid table and its utensils for the bread set before the LORD.
To narrate the making of the table, its gold overlay, molding, rim, rings, poles, and utensils, according to the LORD’s earlier instructions for the Holy Place furnishing associated with the bread of the Presence.
Exodus 37:10-16 follows the construction of the ark and atonement cover in Exodus 37:1-9. The narrative moves from the Most Holy Place furnishing to the Holy Place table, closely echoing the command of Exodus 25:23-30. The repetition shows that the tabernacle is not merely planned but obediently built, detail by detail, according to what the LORD revealed to Moses.
After Bezalel makes the ark and atonement cover, the construction report moves to the furnishings of the Holy Place. The table corresponds to the earlier instructions in Exodus 25 and will later hold the bread of the Presence before the LORD continually.
The Ark, Table, Lampstand, Incense Altar, Anointing Oil, and Incense Are Made
The sacred furnishings of the tabernacle are made according to the LORD’s command, displaying covenant presence, atonement, fellowship, light, prayerful mediation, and consecrated worship.