And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
The table in the holy place, spread always with twelve loaves, one for each tribe, showed God keeping a royal house and receiving His people as guests; the bread proclaimed their dependence on Providence and their covenant communion with Him, for God and Israel ate together from the same corn.
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Commenting on Exodus 25:23-30
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...
The hand-breadth border encasing the four sides of the table held its feet; a golden wreath crowned the border beneath the slab, and another crowned the slab itself, each in its proper place, while four rings at the corners fastened the poles for carrying, as with the ark.
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Commenting on Exodus 25:23-28