Exodus 25:23 KJV

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.

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  • thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Scofield Notes

Matthew Henry

  • The table, with its furnitureA table was to be made of wood, overlaid with gold, to stand in the outer tabernacle, to be always furnished with the shew-bread. This table, with the...

Thompson Chains

  • Table (2)Starts here · next Exodus 26:35 · 9 links
  • Acacia WoodSee the chain from Exodus 25:5 · 7 links

Cross References

  • Exodus 37:10–16 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: …
  • Hebrews 9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
  • 1 Kings 7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
  • 2 Chronicles 4:8 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.
  • Exodus 40:22–23 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. …

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  • Thou shalt also make וְעָשִׂיתָ wĕʿāśîtā עָשָׂה Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine singular · with and
  • a table שֻׁלְחָן šulḥān שֻׁלְחָן Noun · masculine singular
  • shittim שִׁטִּים šiṭṭîm שִׁטָּה Noun · feminine plural
  • wood עֲצֵי ʿăṣê עֵץ Noun · masculine plural construct
  • two cubits אַמָּתַיִם ʾammātayim אַמָּה Noun · feminine dual
  • the length אָרְכּוֹ ʾorkô אֹרֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • thereof, and a cubit וְאַמָּה wĕʾammâ אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • the breadth רָחְבּוֹ roḥbô רֹחַב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • thereof, and a cubit וְאַמָּה wĕʾammâ אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • and a half וָחֵצִי wāḥēṣî חֵצִי Noun · masculine singular · with and
  • the height קֹמָתוֹ qōmātô קוֹמָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular

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