For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
Defining the "worldly sanctuary."
Made, х kateskeuasthee (G2680)] - built and furnished.
The first - the anterior tabernacle. Candlestick, and the table - typifying light and life (Exodus 25:23-39). The candlestick consisted of a shaft and six branches of gold, seven in all; the bowls made like almonds, with a knop and flower in one branch. It was carried in Vespasian's triumph: the figure is to be seen on Titus' arch at Rome. The table х shulchan (H7979) hapaniym (H6440): 'the show-table,' Numbers 4:7] of shittim wood, covered with gold, was for
The showbread, х hee (G3577) prothesis (G4286) toon (G3588) artoon (G740)] - 'the setting forth of the loaves;' i:e., the loaves set forth: Hebrew х lechem (H3899) paniym (H6440)], 'bread of the faces,' or 'presence;' and 'bread of ordering' (1 Chronicles 9:32) х hama`ªraaket (H3899)]: that bread through participation of which God's face or person is seen: spiritual food, the means of having life in seeing God. Christ is the antitypical "bread of life" (John 6:27-63), 'the express image of God's person,' in whom we see God, and, as the communion of saints, have everlasting nourishment (Leviticus 24:7-8). ln the outer holy place: so the Eucharist continues until our entrance into the heavenly Holy of holies (1 Corinthians 11:26).
Which ... - `which (tabernacle) is called the holy place,' as distinguished from the 'Holy of holies.'