Exodus 25:26

Contemporary English Version

Make four gold rings and attach one to each of the legs

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.

King James Version
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

Lexham English Bible
And you will make four gold rings for it, and you will put the rings on the four corners where its four legs are.

New Century Version
Then make four gold rings. Attach them to the four corners of the table where the four legs are.

New English Translation
You are to make four rings of gold for it and attach the rings at the four corners where its four legs are.

Amplified Bible
"You shall make four gold rings for it and fasten them at the four corners that are on the table's four legs.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall also make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four legs.

Geneva Bible (1587)
After, thou shalt make for it foure ringes of golde, and shalt put the rings in the foure corners that are in the foure feete thereof:

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four feet.

Complete Jewish Bible
Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners, near its four legs.

Darby Translation
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings at the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then make four gold rings and put them on the four corners of the table, where the four legs are.

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

George Lamsa Translation
And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

Good News Translation
Make four carrying rings of gold for it and put them at the four corners, where the legs are.

Christian Standard Bible®
Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

Literal Translation
And you shall make four rings of gold for it, and you shall put the rings on the four corners which are to its four feet.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And vnto it thou shalt make foure rynges of golde, on the foure corners in the foure fete of it:

American Standard Version
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

Bible in Basic English
And make four gold rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And make for it foure ringes of golde, and put the rynges in the corners that are on the foure feete thereof.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt make for it foure rings of gold, and put the rings in the foure corners that are on the foure feete thereof.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt make four golden rings; and thou shalt put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt make redi foure goldun cerclis, and thou schalt put thoo in foure corners of the same boord, bi alle feet.

Young's Literal Translation
`And thou hast made to it four rings of gold, and hast put the rings on the four corners, which [are] to its four feet;

Update Bible Version
And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that [are] on its four feet.

World English Bible
You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.

New King James Version
And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs.

New Living Translation
Make four gold rings for the table and attach them at the four corners next to the four legs.

New Life Bible
Make four rings of gold for it. Put them on the four corners that are on the table's four legs.

New Revised Standard
You shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and thou shalt make to it four rings of gold, - and shalt place the rings on the four corners which pertain to the four feet thereof:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt prepare also four golden rings, and shalt put them in the four corners of the same table, over each foot.

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four feet.

Contextual Overview

²³ The Lord said: Make a table of acacia wood thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. ²⁴Cover it with pure gold and put a gold edging around it with a border three inches wide. ²⁶ Make four gold rings and attach one to each of the legs ²⁷near the edging. The poles for carrying the table are to be placed through these rings and are to be made of acacia wood covered with gold. ²⁹The table is to be kept in the holy place, and the sacred loaves of bread must always be put on it. All bowls, plates, jars, and cups for wine offerings are to be made of pure gold and set on this table.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

four rings of gold: Exodus 25:12

Cross-References

Genesis 25:28
Esau would take the meat of wild animals to his father Isaac, and so Isaac loved him more, but Jacob was his mother's favorite son.

Genesis 25:30
and said, "I'm starving to death! Give me some of that red stew right now!" That's how Esau got the name "Edom."

Genesis 27:36
Esau replied, "My brother deserves the name Jacob, because he has already cheated me twice. The first time he cheated me out of my rights as the first-born son, and now he has cheated me out of my blessing." Then Esau asked his father, "Don't you still have any blessing left for me?"

Hosea 12:3
Even before Jacob was born, he cheated his brother, and when he grew up, he fought against God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold,.... As the ark had, and for the same use as the rings of that were, though whether cast, as they were, is not said:

and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof; as there were four feet at the four corners of the table, to each foot a ring was fastened; the use of these follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

(Compare Exodus 37:10-16.) The table and the candlestick figured on the Arch of Titus at Rome are those of the Maccabaean times, but made as nearly as possible after the ancient models reproduced under the direction of Solomon and Zerubbabel. The details and size of the figure, and the description of Josephus, appear to agree very nearly with the directions here given to Moses, and to illustrate them in several particulars. Josephus says that the table was like the so-called Delphic tables, richly ornamented pieces of furniture in use amongst the Romans, which were sometimes, if not always, covered with gold or silver.

Exodus 25:24

See Exodus 25:11 note. The moulding of the table is still seen at the ends of the sculptured figure.

Exodus 25:25

A border - Rather a framing, which reached from leg to leg so as to make the table firm, as well as to adorn it with a second moulding of gold. Two fragments of such framing are still seen in the sculpture attached to the legs halfway down.

Exodus 25:27

Over against the border - Rather, Over against the framing; that is, the rings were to be placed not upon the framing itself, but at the extremities of the legs answering to each corner of it.

Exodus 25:29

Dishes - deep vessels like “bowls,” similar to the large silver vessels (or chargers) which were filled with fine flour, and formed part of the offerings of the Princes of Israel (Numbers 7:13 following).

Spoons - Rather, the small gold cups that were filled with frankincense in the offerings of the Princes Numbers 7:14, and represented on the table in the sculpture.

Covers ... bowls - Or flagons and chalices, such as were used for the rite of the drink offering, which appears to have regularly accompanied every Meat offering (Leviticus 23:18; Numbers 6:15; Numbers 28:14, etc.). The subject is important in its bearing upon the meaning of the showbread: the corrected rendering of the words tends to show that it was a true Meat offering.

To cover withal - See the margin. The first part of the verse might be better rendered: And thou shalt make its bowls and its incense-cups and its flagons and its chalices for pouring out “the drink offerings.”

Exodus 25:30

The showbread table was placed in the holy place on the north side Exodus 26:35. Directions for preparing the showbread are given in Leviticus 24:5-9. It consisted of twelve large cakes of unleavened bread, which were arranged on the table in two piles, with a golden cup of frankincense on each pile. It was renewed every Sabbath day. The stale loaves were given to the priests, and the frankincense appears to have been lighted on the altar for a memorial. The showbread, with all the characteristics and significance of a great national Meat offering, in which the twelve tribes were represented by the twelve cakes, was to stand before Yahweh “perpetually,” in token that He was always graciously accepting the good works of His people, for whom atonement had been made by the victims offered on the altar in the court of the sanctuary. The showbread or bread which is set forth would be more fairly rendered “bread of the presence.” See the notes at Leviticus 24:5-9.