Exodus 25:25

25 Also make a rim around it that is three inches wide. Put a strip of gold around the rim.

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 "Make a table out of acacia wood. Make it three feet long, one foot six inches wide and two feet three inches high.

24 Cover it with pure gold. Put a strip of gold around it.

25 Also make a rim around it that is three inches wide. Put a strip of gold around the rim.

26 "Make four gold rings for the table. Join them to the four corners, where the four legs are.

27 The rings must be close to the rim. They must hold the poles that will be used to carry the table.