King James Version
Exodus 40:22 in the King James Version says “And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.”
Exodus 40:22 · KJV
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he put”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of the congregation”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon the side”
H3409the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
“of the tabernacle”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
“northward”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
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