Exodus 25:25

25 And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide ^[a] and put a gold molding on 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 You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

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

25 And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

26 Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.

27 The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

Footnotes

• [a]. A handbreadth is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters.