Esodo 25:12

12 E fondile quattro anelli d’oro, e metti quegli anelli a’ quattro cantoni di essa, due da uno de’ lati dell’Arca, e due dall’altro.

Esodo 25:12 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:12

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it
For which a mould was to be made, and the gold being melted was poured into it, and so the rings were fashioned:

and put them in the corners thereof;
or, "in its feet", as Aben Ezra, though Jarchi says it had no feet; but as the word used so signifies always, it is more probable it had feet; and the rather, that it might not stand upon the ground, but on feet, as chests and coffers usually do:

and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the
other side of it;
Jarchi says, at the upper corners, near the mercy seat were they placed, two on one side and two on the other, at the breadth of the ark; but it is more likely they were fixed in the lower part of it, as Ramban, at the feet of it; and in the length of the ark, as Josephus writes ^F13.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 6. sect. 5

Esodo 25:12 In-Context

10 Facciano adunque un’Arca di legno di Sittim, la cui lunghezza sia di due cubiti e mezzo, e la larghezza di un cubito e mezzo, e l’altezza di un cubito e mezzo.

11 E coprila d’oro puro di dentro e di fuori; e fa’ sopra essa una corona d’oro attorno.

12 E fondile quattro anelli d’oro, e metti quegli anelli a’ quattro cantoni di essa, due da uno de’ lati dell’Arca, e due dall’altro.

13 Fai ancora delle stanghe di legno di Sittim, e coprile d’oro.

14 E metti quelle stanghe dentro agli anelli da’ lati dell’Arca, per portarla con esse.