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The table of showbread,
one of the instruments found inside the Tabernacle, was made of
acacia wood, and was overlaid with pure gold. Measuring two cubits
(90 cm) in length, a cubit and a half (67.5 cm) in height, and a
cubit (45 cm) in width. On the table of showbread 12 loaves of bread
were always placed, and this bread could be eaten only by priests
(Leviticus 24:5-9).
Among the characteristics
of the table of showbread are: it had a frame of a handbreadth all
around it; a molding of gold was placed all around this frame; four
rings of gold were put on the four corners; and the rings held the
poles of acacia wood overlaid with gold that were used to transport
the table. The utensils on the table-its dishes, cups, bowls, and
pitchers for pouring-were also made of gold.
Exodus 37:11-12 records,
"And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of
gold all around it. Also he made a frame of a handbreadth all around
it, and made a molding of gold for the frame all around it."
The table of showbread in the Holy Place of the House of God had
a frame that was as high as a handbreadth, and around the frame
a gold molding was placed. Why did God command Moses to place such
a frame? This frame of a handbreadth, protruding by about 10 cm,
was to prevent the bread on the table from falling.
As only priests could
eat the bread that was placed on the table of showbread, so must
we become the ones who can eat this bread spiritually. Only those
who have been saved from sin and received eternal life by believing
in the baptism of Jesus Christ and the blood of the Cross-in other
words, only those who believe in the gospel of the water and the
Spirit as their salvation-can eat this bread.
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