- Bible
- Exodus
- Chapter 31
- Verse 8
And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,
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Gill's Exposition
And the table and his furniture,.... The shewbread table, with its dishes, spoons, and bowls, Exo 25:23.
and the pure candlestick with all his furniture; called "pure", because made of pure gold,…
Exo 35:30-35. This solemn call of Bezaleel and Aholiab is full of instruction. Their work was to be only that of handicraftsmen. Still it was Yahweh Himself who called them by name to their tasks, and…
Adam Clarke
The pure candlestick - Called so either because of the pure gold of which it was made, or the brightness and splendor of its workmanship, or of the light which it imparted in the tabernacle, as the…
A great deal of fine work God had ordered to be done about the tabernacle; the materials the people were to provide, but who must put them into form? Moses himself was learned in all the learning of…
Cambridge Bible
the table i.e. the table of the Presence-bread, Exo 25:23-30.
the pure candlestick i.e. made of pure gold (Exo 25:31): so Exo 39:37; Lev 24:4.