King James Version
Exodus 25:27 in the King James Version says “Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.”
Exodus 25:27 · KJV
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.
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.
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. to: or, to pour out withal
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“Over against”
H5980conjunction, i.e., society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with
“the border”
H4526something enclosing, i.e., a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall the rings”
H2885properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e., signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
“be for places”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of the staves”
H905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
“to bear”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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