Exodus 37:26-27

37:26 He overlaid it with pure gold – its top, ¹  its four walls, ²  and its horns – and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. ³  37:27 He also made ⁴  two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, ⁵  as places ⁶  for poles to carry it with.

Exodus 38:11

38:11 For the north side the hangings were ⁷  one hundred fifty feet, with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver.

[37:26]  ¹ tn Heb “roof.”

[37:26]  ² tn Heb “its walls around.”

[37:26]  ³ tn Heb “and he made for it border gold around.”

[37:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he made.”

[37:27]  ⁵ 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.

[37:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “for houses.”

[38:11]  ⁷ tn Here the phrase “the hangings were” has been supplied.