Exodus 25:27

JPS Old Testament

Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

King James Version
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

Lexham English Bible
The rings will be near the rim as holders for poles to carry the table.

New Century Version
Put the rings close to the frame around the top of the table, because they will hold the poles for carrying it.

New English Translation
The rings are to be close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table.

Amplified Bible
"The rings shall be close against the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.

New American Standard Bible
"The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ouer against the border shall the rings be for places for barres, to beare the Table.

Legacy Standard Bible
The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.

Contemporary English Version
near 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.

Complete Jewish Bible
The rings to hold the poles used to carry the table are to be placed close to the rim.

Darby Translation
Close to the margin shall the rings be, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table.

Easy-to-Read Version
Put the rings close to the frame around the top of the table. These rings will hold the poles used to carry the table.

English Standard Version
Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.

George Lamsa Translation
The rings shall be put toward the border to be places for the poles to carry the table.

Good News Translation
The rings to hold the poles for carrying the table are to be placed near the rim.

Christian Standard Bible®
The rings should be next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

Literal Translation
The rings shall be near the border for housings for the poles to carry the table.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
harde vnder the whope shall ye rynges be, to put in staues and to beare the table wt all:

American Standard Version
Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.

Bible in Basic English
The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen ouer against the hoope shall the ringes be, to put in barres to beare the table withall.

King James Version (1611)
Ouer against the border shall the rings be for places of the staues to beare the table.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them.

English Revised Version
Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.

Berean Standard Bible
The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Vndur the coroun schulen be goldun cerclis, that the barris be put thorou tho, and that the boord may be borun.

Young's Literal Translation
over-against the border are the rings for places for staves to bear the table;

Update Bible Version
Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the poles to bear the table.

Webster's Bible Translation
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staffs to bear the table.

World English Bible
the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

New King James Version
The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.

New Living Translation
Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.

New Life Bible
The rings will be close to the sides, to hold the long pieces of wood used to carry the table.

New Revised Standard
The rings that hold the poles used for carrying the table shall be close to the rim.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
adjoining the border, shall be the rings, - as receptacles for the staves, for lifting the table;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Under the crown shall the golden rings be, that the bars may be put through them, and the table may be carried.

Revised Standard Version
Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.

Contextual Overview

²³ And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. ²⁴ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 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. ²⁶ 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. ²⁷ Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table. ²⁸ And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. ²⁹ And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the jars thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out; of pure gold shalt thou make them. ³⁰ And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for places of the staves: Exodus 25:14, Exodus 25:28

Reciprocal: Exodus 30:4 - rings Exodus 30:5 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God.

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.'

Genesis 21:20
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Genesis 25:3
And Jokshan begot Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

Genesis 25:5
And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

Genesis 25:10
the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

Genesis 25:11
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.

Genesis 27:40
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

Genesis 46:34
that ye shall say: Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.'

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was whole-hearted and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Over against the border,.... Or "under" it, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions. Jarchi says the rings were fixed to the feet over against the top of the border:

shall the rings be for placing of the staves to bear the table; into these rings staves were to be put, to carry the table from place to place, when it was necessary, as while they were in the wilderness, and before the tabernacle had a fixed settled place for it; for wherever the tabernacle was carried, the ark and the table were also: where the church of Christ is, there he is, and there are the word and ordinances; and which are sometimes moved from place to place, as from the land of Judea into the Gentile world, from the eastern part of the world to the more northern; and that by the ministers of the word, who bear the name, and carry the Gospel of Christ into the several parts of the world, as this table was bore by the Levites, Numbers 4:7.

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.