English Standard Version
Exodus 25:27
27Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
Exodus 25:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
- New International Version (NIV)The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.
Context of Exodus 25:27
25And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim. 26And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs. Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these. 29And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.
Read all of Exodus 25Exodus 25:27 word by word
לְעֻמַּת֙ הַמִּסְגֶּ֔רֶת תִּהְיֶ֖יןָ הַטַּבָּעֹ֑ת לְבָתִּ֣ים לְבַדִּ֔ים לָשֵׂ֖את אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Over againstעֻמָּה‛ûmmâh · closeH5980
- the borderמִסְגֶּ֫רֶתmisgereth · perimeterH4526
- shall the ringsטַבַּ֫עַתţabba‛ath · ringH2885
- be for placesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: containerH1004
- of the stavesבַּדbad · alone: poleH905
- to bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- the tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
Cross-references for Exodus 25:27
Commentaries on Exodus 25:27
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23-30Verses 23-30 (Compare Exodus 37:10-16.) The table and the candlestick figured on the Arch of Titus at Rome are those of the Maccabaean times, but made as nearly as possible after the ancient models reproduced under the direction of Solomon and Zerubbabel. The details and size of the figure, and the description of Josephus, appear to agree very nearly with the directions here given to Moses, and to illustrate them in several particulars. Josephus says that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-30Verses 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. This 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 favoured with. Also the food for their souls, which they always find when they hunger after it; and the delight he takes…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-30The table of acacia wood was on the north side of the main room of the tabernacle (26:35). It reminded the people that God would provide for them. Most importantly, God's presence is what sustained them (25:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-401. the Lord spake unto Moses, &c.--The business that chiefly occupied Moses on the mount, whatever other disclosures were made to him there, was in receiving directions about the tabernacle, and they are here recorded as given to him.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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