1. Nombres 4:7 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

Why is the table of the showbread referred to as “the table of the bread of the Presence”?

Nombres 4:7 (NEG79)

7 Ils étendront un drap bleu sur la table des pains de proposition, et ils mettront dessus les plats, les coupes, les tasses et les calices pour les libations; le pain y sera toujours;

The phrase is a translator’s expansion of the Hebrew, which simply reads the table of the Presence. The Presence refers to God’s own presence, serving here to underline the high rank of this particular piece amongst the holy furniture.