Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:29
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings [of] gold [for] places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
Verse 29. Thou shalt overlay the boards with gold] It is not said how thick the gold was by which these boards, c., were overlaid it was no doubt done with gold plates, but these must have been very thin, else the boards, &c., must have been insupportably heavy. The gold was probably something like our gold leaf, but not brought to so great a degree of tenuity.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold,…. Not merely gild them, but cover them with thin plates of gold; and which, because it would take up a great quantity of gold, and make the boards very heavy, unless the plates were very thin, when they were taken down and carried from place to place, some have thought they were only glided:
and make their rings of gold, [for] places for the bars; these were made of solid gold, and were as staples to let the bars into: and, according to Jarchi, there were two rings to every board:
and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold: cover them with plates of gold; and these bars and staples of gold show how compact and firm the church of God is, through his almighty power, as well as how glorious and splendid it is by his grace.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
overlay the boards with gold: Exo 25:11, Exo 25:12
Reciprocal: Exo 30:4 – rings 1Ki 6:21 – overlaid 2Ch 3:7 – overlaid