Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:27
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
27. The rings were close by the points at which the ‘frame’ ( v. 25) met the legs, and where probably the legs began to be rounded, and to assume the character of ‘feet.’
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
As much below the top as the border was above the bottom of the feet. of the table, which was a convenient place for the carriage. Others, near the border, in that part of the feet which is next to it.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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, Nu 4:7.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(27) Over against the border shall the rings be.Rather, opposite the band, or framing. The meaning is not very clear. If the framing had been at the bottom of the legs, we might have understood that the rings were attached to the table opposite the places where the framing was inserted into the legs. But the framing appears to have been halfway up the legs (see Note on Exo. 25:25), while the rings were at the bottom. They could therefore have only been opposite the framing in a loose and vague sense.
For places of the staves.Rather, for places for staves.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
Ver. 27. Over against the border, ] i.e., Close under it, for more convenient carriage.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
for places of the staves: Exo 25:14, Exo 25:28
Reciprocal: Exo 30:4 – rings Exo 30:5 – General