Exodus 25:27 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 25:27

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Over against the border,.... Or "under" it, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לְעֻמַּת֙	le.'u.Mat	<to> close to	H5980 →
הַמִּסְגֶּ֔רֶת	ha.mis.Ge.ret	the rim	H4526 →
תִּהְיֶ֖יןָ	tih.Yei.na	they will become	H1961 →
הַטַּבָּעֹ֑ת	ha.ta.ba.'Ot	the rings	H2885 →
לְבָתִּ֣ים	le.va.Tim	<into> holders	H1004 →
לְבַדִּ֔ים	le.va.Dim	for poles	H905 →
לָשֵׂ֖את	la.Set	to carry	H5375 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן׃	ha.shul.Chan	the table	H7979 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk3

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 25:28
Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
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.

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