Exodus 25:25

25 And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth^[a] wide, and a molding 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 "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.

24 You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.

25 And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.

26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

27 Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.

Footnotes

• [a]. A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters