John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 7. And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue , etc.] That that also might not be seen nor touched by the Levites: and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and the covers to cover withal : all which belonged to the shewbread table; the use of which, (see Gill on “ Exodus 25:29”); these seem to be put not immediately upon the table, but upon the blue cloth spread over the table: and the continual bread shall be thereon : the shewbread is called “continual”, because it was always on the table; for while the one was removing by a set of priests, which had stood a week, new loaves were placed by another set of priests: this bread seems at this time to be placed also upon the table, spread with the blue cloth; and from hence it appears, that the Israelites had the shewbread in the wilderness; for the making of which they might be supplied with corn from the neighbouring countries, though they themselves needed not any, being daily fed with manna.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 4-20 - The Kohathites were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle. All the holy things were to be covered; not only for security and respect, but to keep them from being seen. This not only marked the reverence due to holy things, but the mystery of the things signified by those types and the darkness of the dispensation. But now, through Christ, the cas is altered, and we are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace.
Original Hebrew ועל5921 שׁלחן7979 הפנים6440 יפרשׂו6566 בגד899 תכלת8504 ונתנו5414 עליו5921 את853 הקערת7086 ואת853 הכפת3709 ואת853 המנקית4518 ואת853 קשׂות7184 הנסך5262 ולחם3899 התמיד8548 עליו5921 יהיה׃1961
