Exodus 26:29

29 Cover the frames with gold and fit them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which are also to be covered with gold.

Exodus 26:29 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:29

And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold
Not merely gild them, but cover them with thin plates of gold; and which, because it would take up a great quantity of gold, and make the boards very heavy, unless the plates were very thin, when they were taken down and carried from place to place, some have thought they were only glided:

and make their rings of gold, [for] places for the bars;
these were made of solid gold, and were as staples to let the bars into: and, according to Jarchi, there were two rings to every board:

and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold:
cover them with plates of gold; and these bars and staples of gold show how compact and firm the church of God is, through his almighty power, as well as how glorious and splendid it is by his grace.

Exodus 26:29 In-Context

27 five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the west end, at the back.
28 The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, is to extend from one end of the Tent to the other.
29 Cover the frames with gold and fit them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which are also to be covered with gold.
30 Set up the Tent according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.
31 "Make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider it with figures of winged creatures.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.