Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:25
And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
25. a border ] a frame (Heb. enclosure), about 3 in. broad, running round the Table, either (as in modern tables) immediately below the top, or (to judge from what seem to be the remains of a ‘frame’ in the fig.) about half-way down the legs, in either case helping to hold the legs firm in their places. This frame was also decorated with a moulding of gold, running round it.
The Table of Presence-bread, with incense-cups, and two silver trumpets ( Num 10:2 ), as depicted on the Arch of Titus.
Reduced from Reland’s De spoliis Templi (1716), p. 70.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
A border, which encompassed and kept together the feet of the table, and seems to have been towards the bottom of it.
A golden crown; not the same mentioned before, Exo 25:24, but another for further ornament to the table.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And thou shalt make unto it a border of art hand’s breadth round about,…. Jarchi says, their wise men are divided about this; some say it was above, round about the table; others say it was below, fixed from foot to foot at the four corners of the table, and the board of the table lay upon the border:
and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about; this was not the same spoke of in the former verse, but another; that was above, and upon the table, this below and under it; or rather that was, as it may be better expressed, a lip, rim, or border, that went round within the table u; and this crown, surrounded that on the edge of it.
u So R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 61. 2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(25) A border of a hand-breadth.Rather, a band, or framing. The representation of the table of shewbread on the Arch of Titus at Rome gives the best idea of this band or framing. It was a flat bar about midway between the top of the table and its feet, connecting the four legs together, and so keeping them in place. Its golden crown, or edging, can have been only for ornament.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
25. Border An enclosing framework, running round the table underneath the top and designed to strengthen the whole by holding the legs firmly in place . To this border there was also fastened a golden moulding like that which adorned the top of the table . Exo 25:24.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 25:25 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.
Ver. 25. A golden crown. ] To hide the joints, and for ornament. Christ also is said to have many crowns. Rev 19:12
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
hand breadth. See App-51.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
a golden crown to the border: Exo 30:3, Exo 37:2
Reciprocal: Eze 43:17 – and the border