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The Talmud continues: Granted, according to the one who said the tables were positioned along the width of the Sanctuary, from north to south, it works out well. According to this opinion there was enough room on the east and the west of the Table for the two priests arranging the new loaves to st
But according to the one who said the tables were positioned along the length of the Sanctuary, from east to west, in which case the priests arranging and removing the shewbread would stand at the north and south of the Table, this is difficult. Now, consider how much space was taken up by the tab
The Talmud continues to calculate the area occupied by the tables: And then one must add one cubit for the width of the Table of Moses, and 2½ cubits that were between Moses’ Table and the southern row of tables, and another cubit for the width of the southern row itself. This totals 10½ cubits, ac
The Talmud answers: Do you maintain that the Table of Moses resided together with the other 10 tables, i.e., parallel to them? It was not so. The Table of Moses was situated to the west of the other tables, in the space corresponding to the space between the two rows of tables, and its width should
§ A baraita states: Solomon built 10 tables that were situated in the Sanctuary, in addition to Moses’ Table, but the priests would arrange the shewbread only upon the Table of Moses. This is derived from a verse, as it is stated: “And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the House of YHWH, t