Exodus 37:3

37:3 He cast four gold rings for it that he put ¹  on its four feet, with ²  two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

Exodus 25:12

25:12 You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

Exodus 28:14

28:14 and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.

Exodus 37:27

37:27 He also made ³  two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, ⁴  as places ⁵  for poles to carry it with.

Exodus 39:16

39:16 and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper ⁶  two ends of the breastpiece.

Exodus 23:31

23:31 I will set ⁷  your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, ⁸  for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

Exodus 30:4

30:4 You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. ⁹  The rings ¹⁰  will be places ¹¹  for poles to carry it with.

¹ tn “that he put” has been supplied.

² tn This is taken as a circumstantial clause; the clause begins with the conjunction vav.

³ tn Heb “and he made.”

⁴ sn Since it was a small altar, it needed only two rings, one on either side, in order to be carried. The second mention of their location clarifies that they should be on the sides, the right and the left, as one approached the altar.

⁵ tn Heb “for houses.”

⁵ tn Here “upper” has been supplied.

⁷ tn The form is a perfect tense with vav consecutive.

⁸ tn In the Hebrew Bible “the River” usually refers to the Euphrates (cf. NASB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT). There is some thought that it refers to a river Nahr el Kebir between Lebanon and Syria. See further W. C. Kaiser, Jr., “Exodus,” EBC 2:447; and G. W. Buchanan, The Consequences of the Covenant (NovTSup), 91-100.

⁹ sn Since it was a small altar, it needed only two rings, one on either side, in order to be carried. The second clause clarifies that the rings should be on the sides, the right and the left, as you approach the altar.

¹⁰ tn Heb “And it”; this refers to the rings collectively in their placement on the box, and so the word “rings” has been used to clarify the referent for the modern reader.

¹¹ tn Heb “for houses.”