Exodus - 40:22



22 He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside of the veil.

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 40:22.

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And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side without the veil,
And he putteth the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, at the outside of the vail,
And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, on the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.
And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,
Posuit et mensam in tabernaculo conventionis ad latus tabernaculi ad aquilonem extra velum.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation,.... In the holy place; for there the shewbread table, which is here meant, was put:
upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail; on the north side of the tabernacle, at a little distance from the walls, which were the curtains and boards, even in the holy place on the outside of the vail, which divided from the most holy place.

Arrangement of the front room of the dwelling. The table was placed on the right side, towards the north, and the shew-bread was laid upon it. לחם ערך does not signify "a row of bread," but the "position or placing of bread;" for, according to Leviticus 24:6-7, the twelve loaves of shew-bread were placed upon the table in two rows, corresponding to the size of the tables (two cubits long and one cubit broad). The candlestick was placed upon the left side, opposite to the table, and the golden altar in front of the curtain, i.e., midway between the two sides, but near the curtain in front of the most holy place (see at Exodus 30:6). After these things had been placed, the curtain was hung in the door of the dwelling.

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