Exo 25:29-30 | NETfull | STEP | You are to make its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings; you are to make them of pure gold.

Exodus 25:29-30

29 You are to make its plates, ^{▼▼ Or “a deep gold dish.” The four nouns in this list are items associated with the table and its use.} its ladles, ^{▼▼ Or “cups” (NAB, TEV).} its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings; ^{▼▼ The expression “for pouring out offerings” represents Hebrew אֲשֶׁר יֻסַּךְ בָּהֵן (’asher yussakh bahen). This literally says, “which it may be poured out with them,” or “with which [libations] may be poured out.”} you are to make them of pure gold. 30 You are to set the Bread of the Presence ^{▼▼ The name basically means that the bread is to be set out in the presence of Yahweh. The custom of presenting bread on a table as a thank offering is common in other cultures as well. The bread here would be placed on the table as a symbol of the divine provision for the twelve tribes – continually, because they were to express their thanksgiving continually. Priests could eat the bread after certain times. Fresh bread would be put there regularly.} on the table before me continually.