Exodus 25:22

And there I will meet with thee An explanation (cf. Exodus 30:6; Exodus 30:36; also, with the peopleas the object, Exodus 29:42-43; Numbers 17:4) of the term -Tent of Meeting" (see on Exodus 27:21), as signifying the appointed place where Jehovah metMoses for the purpose of speaking with him. Not the word used in Exodus 3:18; Exodus 5:3, which means to -meet by chance."

commune an archaism for converse, occurring 28 times in AV., and 22 times in RV. (e.g. Genesis 18:33; Genesis 34:6; Genesis 34:8; Genesis 34:20). The Heb. is the ordinary word for speak.

from above, &c. Cf. Numbers 7:89.

23 30 (cf. Exodus 37:10-16). The table of Presence-bread. This was a table of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, 2 cubits (3 ft.) long, one cubit (1½ ft.) broad, and 1½ cubits (2 ft. 3 in.) high. The top, to judge from that of the Table represented on the Arch of Titus, was some 6 in. thick; and the sides and ends of this were each decorated with a solid gold moulding running round it, giving them the appearance of panels sunk into the table (see the left end of the top as represented in the fig.). The legs, according to Josephus, were square in the upper, and rounded in the lower half, terminating in claws: they were connected by cross-stays, or frames, about 3 in. broad, probably about half-way down (see fragments of these frames in the fig.), which also had golden mouldings upon them. On the four legs, close by the cross-stays, were four rings, through which poles of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, were passed, when the table had to be moved. For the service of the table, various dishes and other vessels were provided, all made of gold.