Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side. The outer room's furniture arrangement: table on the north side, lampstand on the south side. The bread of the Presence on the north and the light of the lampstand on the south — the two pieces face each other across the Holy Place's width. The light of the lampstand illuminates the bread of the Presence; the bread of God's continuous covenant fellowship is always lit by God's presence. The spatial arrangement of the tabernacle furniture communicates theology: the mercy seat covers the law, the light faces the bread, the incense altar stands before the veil. Every piece is in relationship with every other piece.

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