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New Living Translation

Exodus 37:27

He made two gold rings and attached them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Incense;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Crown;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - The Altar of Incense;   Crown;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corner;   Crown;   Rib;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it.
King James Version
And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.
Lexham English Bible
And he made for it two gold rings under its molding on two opposite sides as holders for poles to carry it with them.
New Century Version
He made two gold rings and put them below the trim on opposite sides of the altar; these rings held the poles for carrying it.
New English Translation
He also made two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, as places for poles to carry it with.
Amplified Bible
He made two rings of gold for it under its rim, on its two opposite sides, as holders for the poles [to pass through] to carry it.
New American Standard Bible
He also made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he made two rings of gold for it, vnder the crowne thereof in the two corners of the two sides thereof, to put barres in for to beare it therewith.
Legacy Standard Bible
He made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it.
Contemporary English Version
Then below the edging on opposite sides he attached two gold rings through which he put the poles for carrying the altar.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made two gold rings for it under its molding at the two corners on both sides, to hold the carrying-poles.
Darby Translation
And he made two rings of gold for it under its border, by its two corners, on the two sides thereof, as receptacles for the staves with which to carry it.
Easy-to-Read Version
He made two gold rings for the altar. He put the gold rings below the trim on each side of the altar. These gold rings held the poles for carrying the altar.
English Standard Version
and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it.
George Lamsa Translation
And he made two rings of gold for it under its crown, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, as places for the poles to carry it with them.
Good News Translation
He made two gold carrying rings for it and attached them below the border on the two sides, to hold the poles with which it was to be carried.
Christian Standard Bible®
He made two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; he put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.
Literal Translation
And he made for it two rings of gold, from beneath its wreath, on its two corners, on its two sides, for housings for poles, to lift it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and the hornes therof, and made a crowne vnto it rounde aboute of pure golde, & two golde rynges vnder the crowne on both the sydes, to put the staues therin, and to beare it withall:
American Standard Version
And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves wherewith to bear it.
Bible in Basic English
And he made two gold rings, placing them on the two opposite sides under the edge, to take the rods for lifting it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made two rynges of golde for it [euen] vnder the crowne therof in the two corners of it, & in the two sides therof, to put barres in, for to beare it withal.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for holders for staves wherewith to bear it.
King James Version (1611)
And he made two rings of gold for it vnder the crowne thereof, by the two corners of it, vpon the two sides thereof, to bee places for the staues to beare it withall.
English Revised Version
And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves to bear it withal.
Berean Standard Bible
He made two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he made to it a litil goldun coroun bi cumpas, and twei goldun ryngis vndur the coroun, bi ech syde, that barris be put in to tho, and the auter mow be borun.
Young's Literal Translation
and two rings of gold he hath made for it under its wreath, at its two corners, at its two sides, for places for staves to bear it with them.
Update Bible Version
And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, on the two ribs thereof, on the two sides of it, for places for poles with which to bear it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he made two rings of gold for it under its crown, by the two corners of it, upon its two sides, to be places for the staffs to bear it with.
World English Bible
He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it.
New King James Version
He made two rings of gold for it under its molding, by its two corners on both sides, as holders for the poles with which to bear it.
New Life Bible
Then he made two gold rings to put under this piece. He put one on the altar's left side and one on its right side to hold the long pieces of wood used for carrying it.
New Revised Standard
and made two golden rings for it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, to hold the poles with which to carry it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And two rings of gold, made he thereto - beneath the rim thereof, upon the two corners thereof, upon the two sides thereof, - as receptacles for the staves, to lift it therewith.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made to it a crown of gold round about, and two golden rings under the crown at each side, that the bars might be put into them, and the altar be carried.
Revised Standard Version
and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it.

Contextual Overview

25 Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself. 26 He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar. 27 He made two gold rings and attached them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles. 28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 29 Then he made the sacred anointing oil and the fragrant incense, using the techniques of a skilled incense maker.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 29:14
Laban exclaimed, "You really are my own flesh and blood!" After Jacob had stayed with Laban for about a month,
Genesis 37:14
"Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are getting along," Jacob said. "Then come back and bring me a report." So Jacob sent him on his way, and Joseph traveled to Shechem from their home in the valley of Hebron.
Genesis 37:17
"Yes," the man told him. "They have moved on from here, but I heard them say, ‘Let's go on to Dothan.'" So Joseph followed his brothers to Dothan and found them there.
Genesis 37:22
"Why should we shed any blood? Let's just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he'll die without our laying a hand on him." Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.
Genesis 42:21
Speaking among themselves, they said, "Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn't listen. That's why we're in this trouble."
Exodus 21:16
"Kidnappers must be put to death, whether they are caught in possession of their victims or have already sold them as slaves.
Exodus 21:21
But if the slave recovers within a day or two, then the owner shall not be punished, since the slave is his property.
1 Samuel 18:17
One day Saul said to David, "I am ready to give you my older daughter, Merab, as your wife. But first you must prove yourself to be a real warrior by fighting the Lord 's battles." For Saul thought, "I'll send him out against the Philistines and let them kill him rather than doing it myself."
2 Samuel 12:9
Why, then, have you despised the word of the Lord and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.
Nehemiah 5:8
At the meeting I said to them, "We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?" And they had nothing to say in their defense.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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