Exodus 25:25
ESV
And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.
NIV
Also make around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
NASB
And you shall make for it a rim of a hand width around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
CSB
Make a three-inch frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame.
NLT
Decorate it with a 3-inch border all around, and run a gold molding along the border.
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.
NKJV
You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.
What does Exodus 25:25 mean?
The rim described here is a decorative lip around the top of a special table (Exodus 25:23–24). This table is made of wood overlaid with gold. It will be used in God's sanctuary (Exodus 25:8–9). The table's main purpose is holding twelve loaves of sacred bread (Exodus 25:30). These are changed weekly and only eaten by priests (Leviticus 24:5–9). Israel will also place bowls and cups made of solid gold on this surface.Along with the table, this passage instructs Israel to make an ornate chest to store the covenant with God (Exodus 25:10–11, 22). Scripture also gives detailed instructions for a seven-branched lampstand called a menorah (Exodus 25:31). God provides designs for an altar of sacrifice (Exodus 27:1–8) and an altar of incense (Exodus 30:1–10). These will be kept within various parts of the tabernacle: a portable temple (Exodus 26).
