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The Lord instructed his people to construct a table overlaid with gold. There were also many ornate furnishings to accompany the table. God instructed the people to place the bread of the Presence on this table. It was to be set before the Lord at all times. God was teaching his people that he is the Presence; he is with them at all times. They can have beautiful communion with the Lord. The Lord will not leave them. King David learned this truth in his many struggles, saying, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
The Lord also instructed the Israelites to make a lampstand of pure gold. God’s presence and his word are the light of life. Psalm 119:105 says, “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” God is our guide. He brings us out of our darkness to himself. The golden lampstand looks forward to Jesus, who said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” (Jn 8:12)
Jun 8, 2026
THE TABLE AND LAMPSTAND
Passage: Exodus 25:23-40
Key verse: 30
NIV
chapter 25
23. "Make a table of acacia wood - two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.
24. Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
25. Also make around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
26. Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners, where the four legs are.
27. The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
28. Make the poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold and carry the table with them.
29. And make its plates and dishes of pure gold, as well as its pitchers and bowls for the pouring out of offerings.
30. Put the bread of the Presence on this table to be before me at all times.
31. "Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.
32. Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand - three on one side and three on the other.
33. Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
34. And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
35. One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair - six branches in all.
36. The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
37. "Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.
38. Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold.
39. A talent of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories.
40. See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
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Prayer: Lord, thank you for your presence in my life. Help me to walk by your light.
One Word: Be guided by God’s light