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.

Other Translations of Exodus 25:25

New International Version

25 Also make around it a rim a handbreadthThat is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

English Standard Version

25 And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadthA handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.

The Message

25 Make the border a handbreadth wide all around it and a rim of gold for the border.

New King James Version

25 You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.

New Living Translation

25 Decorate it with a 3-inch border all around, and run a gold molding along the border.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 25:25

Commentary on Exodus 25:23-30

(Read Exodus 25:23-30)

A table was to be made of wood, overlaid with gold, to stand in the outer tabernacle, to be always furnished with the shew-bread. This table, with the articles on it, and its use, seems to typify the communion which the Lord holds with his redeemed people in his ordinances, the provisions of his house, the feasts they are favoured with. Also the food for their souls, which they always find when they hunger after it; and the delight he takes in their persons and services, as presented before him in Christ.