Tabernacle Lesson 9

Table of Shewbread

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  (Exodus 25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.)

1. The table of shewbread  cubits long and  cubit wide and  and a half high. Since a cubit equals 18 inches, the table is 3 feet long, 1 foot, 6 inches wide and 2 feet 3 inches high.

to question 1.

(Exodus 25:23-24 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

24  And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.)

2. The table of shewbread is made of shittim wood and is overlayed with .  

to question 2.

(Exodus 25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.)

3. The table of shewbread is to have  rings made of gold in the four .  

to question 3.

(Exodus 25:27-28 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

28  And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.)

4. The table of shewbread is carried by two staves made of shittim wood and overlayed with .  

to question 4.

(Leviticus 24:5-7 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

6  And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.

7  And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.)

5. On top of the table of shewbread is placed  cakes of shewbread.  

to question 5.

(John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.)

6. The table of shewbread is symbolic of Jesus as the   of life.  

to question 6.

(Exodus 26:35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.)

7. The table of shewbread is placed on the  side of the holy place (the first room under the Tabernacle).  

to question 7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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