Exodus 26:35

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the candlestick opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשַׂמְתָּ֤ אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָן֙ מִח֣וּץ לַפָּרֹ֔כֶת וְאֶת־הַמְּנֹרָה֙ נֹ֣כַח הַשֻּׁלְחָ֔ן עַ֛ל צֶ֥לַע הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן תֵּימָ֑נָה וְהַ֨שֻּׁלְחָ֔ן תִּתֵּ֖ן עַל־צֶ֥לַע צָפֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

And wəśamtā [you shall place] ʾet-the šulḥān [table] miḥûṣ to-the pārōket [veil] and ʾet-the mənôrâ [lampstand] nōkaḥ the šulḥān [table] upon ṣelaʿ the miškān [tabernacle] tēmānâ [southward], and-the šulḥān [table] tittēn [you shall place] upon-ṣelaʿ ṣāpôn [north].

Grammar Details

• *wəśamtā*: verb, perfect consecutive, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall place
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šulḥān*: noun, masculine singular - table
• *miḥûṣ*: preposition + noun - outside/outside of
• *pārōket*: noun, feminine singular - veil/curtain
• *mənôrâ*: noun, feminine singular - lampstand/menorah
• *nōkaḥ*: preposition - opposite/facing
• *ṣelaʿ*: noun, feminine singular construct - side/rib/plank
• *miškān*: noun, masculine singular - tabernacle/dwelling place
• *tēmānâ*: noun/adverb, directional - southward/to the south
• *tittēn*: verb, imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall put/place
• *ṣāpôn*: noun, masculine singular - north

Word Meanings

• *miḥûṣ*: outside/beyond/on the outside
• *nōkaḥ*: opposite/in front of/facing
• *ṣelaʿ*: side/rib/plank/half
• *tēmānâ*: south/right side/southward
• *ṣāpôn*: north/left side/northern

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle, with the table on the north side.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And thou shalt put the table without the vayle and candelsticke ouer agaynst the table: vppon the south syde of the habitacion. And put the table on the north syde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But set the table without the vayle, and the candelsticke ouer agaynst ye table vpon ye south syde of the Tabernacle, that the table maie stonde on the north syde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt set the Table without the vaile, & the Candlesticke ouer against the Table on the Southside of the Tabernacle, and thou shalt set the Table on the Northside.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou shalt put the table without the vayle, and the candelsticke ouer against the table on the south side of the tabernacle, and put the table on the north syde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand over against the table on the side of the tent toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thou hast set the table at the outside of the vail, and the candlestick over-against the table on the side of the tabernacle southward, and the table thou dost put on the north side.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And outside the veil you are to put the table, and the support for the lights opposite the table on the south side of the House; and the table is to be on the north side.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are to put the table outside the curtain and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table, and you are to place the table on the north side.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 40:22 : 22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil.
• Exod 40:24 : 24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
• Heb 9:2 : 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary.
• Heb 9:8-9 : 8 The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing: 9 Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience;
• Exod 25:31-37 : 31 And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold: of hammered work shall the lampstand be made; its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same piece. 32 And six branches shall come out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side: 33 Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with a knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with a knob and a flower; so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand. 34 And on the lampstand itself shall be four bowls made like almond blossoms, with its knobs and its flowers. 35 And there shall be a knob under two branches of the same piece, and a knob under two branches of the same piece, and a knob under two branches of the same piece, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand. 36 Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered work of pure gold. 37 And you shall make its seven lamps; and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.