Exodus 26:35

“And thou shalt set the table without the vail, etc.] The table of shewbread, of which (see <022523>Exodus 25:23-30), this was not to be within the vail, but without it, in the holy place: and the candlestick opposite the table, of which (see <022531>Exodus 25:31), etc. signifying, that in the church of God, in the present state of things, which the holy place was an emblem of, there are both food and light: the candlestick was placed on the side of the tabernacle, toward the south; according to Jarchi, two cubits and a half from the side of it: and thou shalt put the table on the north side; of the tabernacle, directly opposite the candlestick, two cubits and a half from the south side, as…”

“(Compare Exodus 36:8-33.) The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts, the tabernacle Exodus 26:1-6, more strictly so-called, its tent Exodus 26:7-13, and its covering Exodus 26:14 (Compare Exodus 35:11; Exodus 39:33-34; Exodus 40:19, Exodus 40:34; Numbers 3:25, etc.). These parts are very clearly distinguished in the Hebrew, but they are confounded in many places of the English Version (see Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:9, etc.). The tabernacle itself was to consist of curtains of fine linen woven with colored figures of cherubim, and a structure of boards which was to contain the holy place and the most holy place; the tent was to be a true tent of goats’ hair cloth to contain and shelter the…”

“the table: Exo 40:22; Heb 9:2, Heb 9:8, Heb 9:9 the candlestick: Exo 25:31-37, Exo 40:24 Exodus 26:36”

“The two other things (already described) were to be placed outside the curtain, viz., in the holy place; the candlestick opposite to the table, the former on the south side of the dwelling, the latter towards the north. Exodus 26:36”