Exodus 25:25

25 Make a three-inch^[a] frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame.

Exodus 25:25 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:25

And thou shalt make unto it a border of art hand's breadth
round about
Jarchi says, their wise men are divided about this; some say it was above, round about the table; others say it was below, fixed from foot to foot at the four corners of the table, and the board of the table lay upon the border:

and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about;
this was not the same spoke of in the former verse, but another; that was above, and upon the table, this below and under it; or rather that was, as it may be better expressed, a lip, rim, or border, that went round within the table ^F21; and this crown, surrounded that on the edge of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 So R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 61. 2.

Exodus 25:25 In-Context

23 "You are to construct a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it.

25 Make a three-inch frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame.

26 Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

27 The rings should be next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit Make it a handbreadth