King James Version
What Does Exodus 40:22 Mean?
“And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.”
Context
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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:
21
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.
22
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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And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(22) **Put the table . . . upon the side of the tabernacle northward.**—On the right hand to one facing towards the vail. Moses may have known the right position from the pattern which was shewed him in the mount (Exodus 25:40).
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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