Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. The same treatment as the ark: pure gold overlay with a gold molding. The table for the bread of God's presence is given the same precious material as the chest that holds the covenant law. The gold that covers both the ark and the table communicates the equal worth of the covenant contents and the covenant meal. Malachi 1:12 rebukes the priests who say the table of the Lord is contemptible — the gold table that God commands to be built is the table that later priests will treat as a burden rather than a treasure. The gold commanded in Exodus 25:24 is the declaration of the table's worth; Malachi's prophecy is the warning when that worth is forgotten.

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