KJV King James Version
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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Exodus 25:23
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
WEB World English Bible
“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And thou hast made a table of shittim wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,
Surrounding context — Exodus 25
20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth [their] wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces [shall look] one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
23 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.
24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that [are] on the four feet thereof.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְעָשִׂ֥יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doשֻׁלְחָ֖ןH7979 · shul.chantableעֲצֵ֣יH6086 · etstree: woodשִׁטִּ֑יםH7848 · shit.tahacaciaאַמָּתַ֤יִםH520 · am.mahcubitאָרְכּוֹ֙H753 · o.rekhlengthוְאַמָּ֣הH520 · am.mahcubitרָחְבּ֔וֹH7341 · ro.chavwidthוְאַמָּ֥הH520 · am.mahcubitוָחֵ֖צִיH2677 · che.tsihalfקֹמָתֽוֹ׃H6967 · qo.mahheight
Cross-references
Exodus 37:10-16And 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 9:2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein [was] the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.2 Chronicles 4:8He 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.1 Kings 7:48And 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],Ezekiel 40:41-42Four tables [were] on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew [their sacrifices].Numbers 3:31And their charge [shall be] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.1 Chronicles 28:16And by weight [he gave] gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and [likewise] silver for the tables of silver:Leviticus 24:6And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.2 Chronicles 4:19And Solomon made all the vessels that [were for] the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread [was set];Exodus 40:22-23And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
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