Exodus 25:12

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cast	וְיָצַ֣קְתָּ ve.ya.Tzak.ta	H3332	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
four	אַרְבַּע֙ 'ar.Ba'	H702	four · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
rings	טַבְּעֹ֣ת ta.be.'Ot	H2885	properly · noun, common feminine plural construct
gold	זָהָ֔ב za.Hav	H2091	gold · noun, common masculine singular absolute
put	וְנָ֣תַתָּ֔ה ve.Na.ta.Tah	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
four	אַרְבַּ֣ע 'ar.Ba'	H702	four · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
corners	פַּעֲמֹתָ֑יו pa.'a.mo.Tav	H6471	a stroke · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
two	וּשְׁתֵּ֣י u.she.Tei	H8147	two · conjunction + cardinal number, feminine dual construct
rings	טַבָּעֹ֗ת ta.ba.'Ot	H2885	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
one	הָֽאֶחָ֔ת ha.'e.Chat	H259	properly · definite article + cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
side	צַלְעוֹ֙ tzal.'O	H6763	a rib (as curved) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
two	וּשְׁתֵּי֙ u.she.Tei	H8147	two · conjunction + cardinal number, feminine dual construct
rings	טַבָּעֹ֔ת ta.ba.'Ot	H2885	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
other	הַשֵּׁנִֽית ha.she.Nit	H8145	properly · definite article + ordinal number, feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 25:15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
Exodus 37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Exodus 25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
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…
Exodus 27:7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
Exodus 38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:10-22

The first thing which is here ordered to be made is the ark with its appurtenances, the furniture of the most holy place, and the special token of God's presence, for which the tabernacle was erected to be the receptacle. I. The ark itself was a chest, or coffer, in which the two tables of the law, written with the finger of God, were to be honourably deposited, and carefully kept. The dimensions of it are exactly ordered; if the Jewish cubit was, as some learned men compute, three inches longer than our half-yard (twenty-one inches in all), this chest or cabinet was about fifty-two inches long, thirty-one broad, and thirty-one deep. It was overlaid within and without with thin plates of gol…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 25:12

rings--staples for the poles, with which it was to be carried from place to place.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 25:11

A crown of gold round about - A border, or, as the Septuagint have it, κυματια χρυσα στεπτα κυκλω, waves of gold wreathed round about.

John Gill on Exodus 25:12

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it,.... For which a mould was to be made, and the gold being melted was poured into it, and so the rings were fashioned: and put them in the corners thereof; or, "in its feet", as Aben Ezra, though Jarchi says it had no feet; but as the word used so signifies always, it is more probable it had feet; and the rather, that it might not stand upon the ground, but on feet, as chests and coffers usually do: and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it; Jarchi says, at the upper corners, near the mercy seat were they placed, two on one side and two on the other, at the breadth of the ark; but it is more likely they…

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John Calvin

The Church Fathers

What but the holy Church is figured by the ark? To which four rings of gold in the four corners are ordered to be adjoined, because, in that it is thus extended towards the four quarters of the globe, it is declared undoubtedly to be equipped for journeying with the four books of the holy Gospel. And staves of shittim-wood are made, and are put through the same rings for carrying, because strong and persevering teachers, as incorruptible pieces of timber, are to be sought for, who by cleaving ever to instruction out of the sacred volumes may declare the unity of the holy Church, and, as it were, carry the ark by being let into its rings. For indeed to carry the ark by means of staves is through preaching to bring the holy Church before the rude minds of unbelievers by means of good teachers. And these are also ordered to be overlaid with gold, that, while they are resonant to others in discourse, they may also themselves glitter in the splendour of their lives. Of whom it is further filly added, "They shall always be in the rings, nor shall they ever be drawn out from them;" because it is surely necessary that those who attend upon the office of preaching should not recede from the study of sacred lore.
— Gregory the Dialogist, The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 2, Chapter 11

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Dictionary and topics

Ark — Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high (Gen. 6:14-16); an oblong floating house of three stories, with a door in the side…
Ark Of The Covenant — The first piece of the tabernacle’s furniture, for which precise directions were delivered. Exod 25. I. Description.— It appears to have been an oblong chest of shittim (acacia) wood, 2 1/2 cubits…
Holy of holies — The second or interior portion of the tabernacle. It was left in total darkness. No one was permitted to enter it except the high priest, and that only once a year. It contained the ark of the…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Tabernacle — (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., “Siccuth”). (3.) The human body (2 Cor.…
Ark · .Directions for making — .Directions for making
Ark Of The Covenant · Furnished with rings and staves — Furnished with rings and staves
Gold · .Overlaying with — .Overlaying with

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 25:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:10-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 25:12

Adam Clarke on Exodus 25:11

John Gill on Exodus 25:12

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 25:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:10-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 25:12

Adam Clarke on Exodus 25:11

John Gill on Exodus 25:12

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 25:10-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 25:12-15

Rashi on Exodus 25:12