“He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.”
And he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side, to hold the bread of the Presence; and he made a hundred golden bowls — Ten tables (שֻׁלְחָנוֹת) held the bread of the Presence (לֶחֶם־הַפָּנִים, lechem hapanim—literally 'bread of the face,' signifying bread before God's face), arranged five per side. The bread of the Presence was twelve loaves (representing the twelve tribes), renewed regularly, symbolizing the people's ongoing covenant relationship with God. Alternatively or additionally, the Chronicler's ten tables may differ from the tabernacle's single table, suggesting the temple's expanded magnitude. The 100 golden bowls (קַעֲרוֹת זָהָב, cups/vessels) were liturgical vessels used in offerings and ritual, their hundred number suggesting completeness and abundance. The precious metal and systematic arrangement created an interior of overwhelming richness. The tables and bowls, like the lampstands and lavers, were liturgical necessities transformed into artistic expressions through material choice and arrangement.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!