What Does Exodus 25:29 Mean in the King James?

And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

Exodus 25:29 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The vessels at this table are tied to an action of pouring, so provision here is not only placed before you, it also flows.

THE MEANING

The table before you includes not only what it displays but also the vessels that hold and pour. The verse gives these vessels a place in the work of provision, made of pure gold alongside the table’s other furnishings.

THE ROOT

יֻסַּךְ

yussakh

GROWS FROM

נסך

nasakh

To pour out, especially a drink offering.

“to cover withal” in this verse is yussakh. The verb associated with these vessels carries the sense of pouring out, especially a libation. That opens the list beyond objects that hold provision: they are also vessels through which it flows.

ALSO GROWS

nasakh: To pour out.

נָסַךְ

This verb names the action associated with the vessels and draws attention to what they do with what the table holds.

nesekh: A drink offering poured out.

נֶסֶךְ

The related noun names what is poured, linking the table’s vessels to the act of pouring.

THE PATTERN

Provision becomes present through practices and vessels that hold, pour, and share it.

And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

Exodus 25:30 · KJVThe table’s vessels serve a provision that is set before God continually.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Psalm 23:5 · KJVThe prepared table and overflowing cup show provision arriving as something held and poured.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 10:16 · KJVThe cup and broken bread make provision something shared in common.

THE THREAD

And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.

Numbers 15:5 · KJV

Numbers 15:5 names a drink offering with ⁨נֶסֶךְ⁩ (nesekh, a libation), from the same root ⁨נסך⁩ (nasakh, to pour out). The shared root makes the pouring associated with these vessels part of a wider scriptural language of offering.

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