Table of showbread

The table of showbread or table of shewbread also referred to as the table of the Presence   was a small table made of acacia wood and overlaid with pure gold. It measured 2 cubits (3 feet) in length by 1 cubit (1.5 feet) in breadth and was 1.5 cubits (2 feet, 3 inches) high. It stood on the right side of the Holy Place, along the north wall of the Tabernacle, at the right hand of the priest, across from the lampstand and held 12 loaves of bread, representing the 12 tribes of Israel.

The bread of the Presence, lechem haPānīm, were always present, placed before God, on a specially dedicated table as a permanent expression of gratitude.