He put the candlestick... over against the table. — Directly opposite to it, on the left hand, as one faced the vail. The light would thus be thrown on the table of shewbread. (See Exodus 25:37.)
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Exodus 40:24
24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.