I Will Dwell Among Them: Table · The Lord instructed Moses to make a table, a lampstand, and an incense altar. The ark and its covering were the only items in the holiest place of the tent of meeting. The table, lampstand, and incense altar were the only furnishings in the holy forecourt of the tent, providing light, food, and good fragrance. The table had plates, dishes, pitchers, and bowls that likely held the bread, incense, oil for the lamps, and probably wine for the daily libation (29:40).

The Lord told Moses to Make a table to hold the bread of the Presence and the pitchers and bowls for the pouring out of offerings (vv. 29–30; 37:16). This table has several names in the OT, including “Table of the Presence” (Num. 4:7; see also Lev. 24:6; 2 Chr. 13:11; 29:18; 1 Kgs. 7:48). It was, li…