1-Chronicles - 28:16



16 and the gold by weight for the tables of show bread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;

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And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;
He gave also gold for the tables of proposition, according to the diversity of the tables: in like manner also silver for other tables of silver.
and gold by weight for the tables of the loaves to be set in rows, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;
and the gold by weight for tables of the arrangement, for table and table, and silver for the tables of silver;
And gold by weight for the tables for the holy bread for every table, and silver for the silver tables;
Also, he gave gold for the tables of the presence, according to the diversity of the tables; similarly too, he gave silver for the other tables of silver.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table,.... For though there were but one table for the shewbread in the tabernacle of Moses, there were ten in the temple of Solomon, 2-Chronicles 4:8 and each of them contained one hundred pounds in weight (u):
and likewise silver for the tables of silver; these were placed in the court, as Jarchi thinks, on which they flayed the sacrifices; or, as Kimchi, on which they slew them, and laid the flesh of the burnt offerings on them, which he gathers from Ezekiel 40:39.
(u) Jacob Leon, ibid. (Relation of Memorable Things in the Tabernacle and Temple, ch. 4. p. 20.)

The tables - There were divers tables to be used about the shew - bread; but one of them seems to have been of more eminency than the rest, and therefore it is commonly called the table of the shew - bread in the singular number.

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