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The table of showbread was a small table made of
acacia wood and overlaid with pure gold. It measured 3 feet by 1.5 feet and was
2 feet, 3 inches high. It stood on the right side of the Holy Place across from
the lampstand and held 12 loaves of bread, representing the 12 tribes of
Israel. The priests baked the bread with fine flour and placed it on the table where it remained for a
week; every Sabbath day the priests would remove it and eat it in the Holy
Place, then replace it with fresh bread. Only priests could eat the bread, and
it could only be eaten in the Holy Place.
“Showbread” also was called “bread of the presence.”
The table and the bread were a picture of God’s willingness to have
fellowship—communion (literally, to share something in common)—with man. It was
like an invitation to share a meal, an extension of friendship.
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