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Complete Jewish Bible

Exodus 25:26

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gold;   Shewbread (Showbread);   Tabernacle;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Shewbread;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Bread, Bread of Presence;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Holy Place;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shewbread;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bread;   Exodus, Book of;   Table;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Colours;   Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Censer;   Table ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Propitiation;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shew-Bread,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Tabernacle, the;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corner;   Shewbread, the;   Shewbread, Table of;   Tabernacle;   Table;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;  

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.
Contemporary English Version
Make four gold rings and attach one to each of the 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 "You are to make a table of acacia-wood three feet long, eighteen inches wide and eighteen inches high. 24 Overlay it with pure gold, and put a molding of gold around the top of it. 25 Make around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and put a molding of gold around the rim. 26 Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners, near its four legs. 27 The rings to hold the poles used to carry the table are to be placed close to the rim. 28 Make the poles of acacia-wood, overlay them with gold, and use them to carry the table. 29 "Make its dishes, pans, bowls and pitchers of pure gold. 30 On the table you are to place the bread of the presence in my presence always.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

four rings of gold: Exodus 25:12

Cross-References

Genesis 25:28
Yitz'chak favored ‘Esav, because he had a taste for game; Rivkah favored Ya‘akov.
Genesis 25:30
and said to Ya‘akov, "Please! Let me gulp down some of that red stuff — that red stuff! I'm exhausted!" (This is why he was called Edom [red].)
Genesis 27:36
‘Esav said, "His name, Ya‘akov [he supplants], really suits him — because he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright, and here, now he has taken away my blessing!" Then he asked, "Haven't you saved a blessing for me?"
Hosea 12:3
Adonai also has a grievance against Y'hudah; he will punish Ya‘akov according to his ways and pay him back for his misdeeds.

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.


 
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