Exodus 25:25

25 Also make around it a rim a handbreadth[a] wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

Exodus 25:25 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
English Standard Version (ESV)
25 And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.
New Living Translation (NLT)
25 Decorate it with a 3-inch border all around, and run a gold molding along the border.
The Message Bible (MSG)
25 Make the border a handbreadth wide all around it and a rim of gold for the border.
American Standard Version (ASV)
25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
25 Make a rim three inches wide around it, and put a gold molding around the rim.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
25 Make a three-inch frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
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.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 So R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 61. 2.

Exodus 25:25 In-Context

23 “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 Also make around it a rim 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, where the four legs are.
27 The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
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