Exodus 25:27
in Exodus 25The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.
KJV
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
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This verse in Exodus 25
Commentary
2 notes on this verseOver against the border,.... Or "under" it, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions.
This site's exposition
You are also to make a table of acacia wood
on Exodus 25:23-28
The table follows the ark's plan: acacia wood overlaid with gold, a gold molding, rings at the four legs and poles to carry it. Everything in the holy place is made to be carried, and Numbers 4 sets out who carries what.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְעֻמַּת֙ | leumat | <to> close to | H5980 → | 32 times |
| הַמִּסְגֶּ֔רֶת | hamisgeret | the rim | H4526 → | 17 times |
| תִּהְיֶ֖יןָ | tihyeina | they will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַטַּבָּעֹ֑ת | hatabaot | the rings | H2885 → | 49 times |
| לְבָתִּ֣ים | levatim | <into> holders | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לְבַדִּ֔ים | levadim | for poles | H905 → | 200 times |
| לָשֵׂ֖את | laset | to carry | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן׃ | hashulchan | the table | H7979 → | 71 times |
לְעֻמַּת֙<to> close to
leumatH5980 →32 times
הַמִּסְגֶּ֔רֶתthe rim
hamisgeretH4526 →17 times
תִּהְיֶ֖יןָthey will become
tihyeinaH1961 →3559 times
הַטַּבָּעֹ֑תthe rings
hatabaotH2885 →49 times
לְבָתִּ֣ים<into> holders
levatimH1004 →2046 times
לְבַדִּ֔יםfor poles
levadimH905 →200 times
לָשֵׂ֖אתto carry
lasetH5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן׃the table
hashulchanH7979 →71 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 25:28Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
it leads to
- Acts 9:15
“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
- Numbers 10:17
Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
- Exodus 25:14
Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.
- Acts 9:15
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About Exodus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.