The Meaning of Exodus 25:25 Explained

Exodus 25:25

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.

YLT: and hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about.

Darby: And thou shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about, and shalt make a border of gold for the margin thereof round about.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Exodus 25:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 25:23-40 - The Table Of Showbread And The Lampstand
The Table of the Showbread, or Presence-bread, held the twelve loaves, which represented the tribes of Israel. It was three feet long, one foot, six inches broad, and two feet, three inches high. The border or edging of gold around the top kept its contents from falling off. The loaves were changed each week, and when removed, were eaten only by the priests. See Mark 2:26. Surely the suggestion of this table, standing, as it did, immediately before the veil on the outer side, was intended to teach that the purity and devotion of Israel were as bread to God. He taketh pleasure in them that fear Him. We also feed with God on the beauty and glory of our Savior's obedience unto death.
The candlestick, with its seven branches, cost $35,000, and is a type of Christ, the Light of the World, and of the people of God when illuminated by the Divine Fire and shining amid the darkness around. See Zechariah 4:2; John 8:12; Revelation 1:13. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 25

1  What the Israelites were to offer for the building of the tabernacle
10  The dimensions of the ark
17  The mercy seat, with the cherubim
23  The table of show bread, with the furniture thereof
31  The golden candlestick, with the instruments thereof

What do the individual words in Exodus 25:25 mean?

And You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around a molding gold for the frame all around
וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ לּ֥וֹ מִסְגֶּ֛רֶת טֹ֖פַח סָבִ֑יב זֵר־ זָהָ֛ב לְמִסְגַּרְתּ֖וֹ סָבִֽיב

וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ  And  You  shall  make 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לּ֥וֹ  for  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
מִסְגֶּ֛רֶת  a  frame 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִסְגֶּרֶת  
Sense: border, fastness, rim.
טֹ֖פַח  of  a  handbreadth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: טֹפַח  
Sense: span, hand breadth.
סָבִ֑יב  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
זֵר־  a  molding 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: זֵר  
Sense: border, moulding, circlet.
זָהָ֛ב  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
לְמִסְגַּרְתּ֖וֹ  for  the  frame 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִסְגֶּרֶת  
Sense: border, fastness, rim.
סָבִֽיב  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.

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