Exodus 25:27

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.

Context of Exodus 25:27

25Make a border a single handwidth wide around it and a golden crown for the border all around. 26Also make four gold rings for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet. The rings are to be close to the borders, as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them. 29You are also to make the dishes, pans, jars and bowls to pour drink offerings, from pure gold.

Exodus 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

• Exodus 25:14You are to put the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, in order to carry the Ark.

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

Topics related to Exodus 25:27

• Gold
• Shewbread (Showbread)
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Cast
• Commune
• Handbreadth
• Holy place
• Ring
• Testimony
• Badger
• Beauty
• Color; Colors
• Crafts

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