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The making of the table for the Showbread

Text: Exodus 25:23-40; Leviticus 24:5-9
3 March 2014

3 March 2014

BETHANY 4 PRAYER CIRCLE

CHURCH PRAYER MEETING
Exodus 25:23-40; Leviticus 24:5-9

THE MAKING OF THE TABLE FOR THE SHOWBREAD    Exodus 25:23-30

1. Acacia wood to be used    Exodus 25:23a

2. Length: 2 cubits    Exodus 25:23b

3. Width: 1 cubit    Exodus 25:23c

4. Height: 1 ½ cubits    Exodus 25:23d

5. Table to be overlaid with pure gold    Exodus 25:24a

6. Moulding of gold all round    Exodus 25:24b

7. Frame: 1 handbreadth all round    Exodus 25:25a

8. Gold moulding for the frame    Exodus 25:25b

9.Four rings on the legs of the table    Exodus 25:26

10. Rings close to the frame    Exodus 25:27a

11. Rings as holders for the poles    Exodus 25:27b

12. Poles of Acacia wood    Exodus 25:28a

13. Overlaid with gold    Exodus 25:28b

14. Related objects    Exodus 25:29

a) Dishes

b) Pans

c) Pitchers

d) Bowls

15. Showbread to be presented always    Exodus 25:30

16. Making of the showbread

a) Fine flour    Leviticus 24:5a

b) Twelve cakes to be baked    Leviticus 24:5b

c) Bread for a memorial    Leviticus 24:7

17. Presentation of the showbread

a) Two rows

b) Six in each row

c) Pure frankincense

d) Called “an offering made by fire to the Lord”    Leviticus 24:7

e) Every Sabbath    Leviticus 24:8a

f) An everlasting covenant    Leviticus 24:8b

18. Partaking of the Showbread

a) By the priests, the sons of Aaron    Leviticus 24:5-9

b) On the Sabbath

c) In a holy place

d) A perpetual statute

19. Significance of the Showbread

a) Reminder of God’s provision

b) An everlasting covenant    Leviticus 24:8

c) A perpetual statute    Leviticus 24:9

d) Prayer for the Lord’s provision

20. Messianic Significance

a) I am the Bread of Life

b) A veiled Messianic Prophecy