Clarke's Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:29
Verse 29. The dishes thereof] wytr[q kearothaiv, probably the deep bowls in which they kneaded the mass out of which they made the shew-bread. And spoons thereof] wytpk cappothaiu, probably censers, on which they put up the incense; as seems pretty evident from Num. vii. 14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56, 62, 68, 74, 80, 86, where the same word is used, and the instrument, whatever it was, is always represented as being filled with incense.
Covers thereof] wytwq kesothaiv, supposed to be a large cup or tankard, in which pure wine was kept on the table along with the shewbread for libations, which were poured out before the Lord every Sabbath, when the old bread was removed, and the new bread laid on the table.
Bowls thereof] wytyqnm menakkiyothaiv, from hqn nakah, to clear away, remove, empty, &c.; supposed by Calmet to mean, either the sieves by which the Levites cleansed the wheat they made into bread, (for it is asserted that the grain, out of which the shew-bread was made, was sowed, reaped, ground, sifted, kneaded, baked, &c., by the Levites themselves,) or the ovens in which the bread was baked. Others suppose they were vessels which they dipped into the kesoth, to take out the wine for libations.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 23-30 - A table was to be made of wood, overlaid with gold, to stand in the outer tabernacle, to be always furnished with the shew-bread. Thi table, with the articles on it, and its use, seems to typify the communion which the Lord holds with his redeemed people in his ordinances, the provisions of his house, the feasts they are favoure with. Also the food for their souls, which they always find when the hunger after it; and the delight he takes in their persons an services, as presented before him in Christ.
Original Hebrew
ועשׂית 6213 קערתיו 7086 וכפתיו 3709 וקשׂותיו 7184 ומנקיתיו 4518 אשׁר 834 יסך 5258 בהן 2004 זהב 2091 טהור 2889 תעשׂה 6213 אתם׃ 853
