Teks -- Exodus 30:4 (NET)

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. The rings will be places for poles to carry it with.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

JFB: Exo 30:2-4 - foursquare

The meaning of which is not that it was to be entirely of a cubical form, but that upon its upper and under surface, it showed four equal sides. It was twice as high as it was broad, being twenty-one inches broad and three feet six inches high. It had "horns"; its top or flat surface was surmounted by an ornamental ledge or rim, called a crown, and it was furnished at the sides with rings for carriage. Its only accompanying piece of furniture was a golden censer or pan, in which the incense was set fire to upon the altar. Hence it was called the altar of incense, or the "golden altar" [Exo 39:38; Exo 40:26], from the profuse degree in which it was gilded or overlaid with the precious metal. This splendor was adapted to the early age of the church, but in later times, when the worship was to be more spiritual, the altar of incense is prophetically described as not of gold but of wood, and double the size of that in the tabernacle, because the church should be vastly extended (Mal 1:11).

TSK: Exo 30:4 - rings // two corners

rings : Exo 25:12, Exo 25:14, Exo 25:27, Exo 26:29, Exo 27:4, Exo 27:7

two corners : Heb. ribs

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Gill: Exo 30:4 - And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it // by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shall thou make them // and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal

And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it,.... The crown was on the top of the altar, at the edge of it all around; and just underneath it were two rings of gold, two on each side:

by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shall thou make them; at each corner a ring, and at each side; the use of them follows:

and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal; these rings were for the staves to be put into when the altar was to be carried from place to place, as it was in the wilderness, during the travels of Israel there; and this signifies that Christ never leaves his people; when they are in the wilderness he is with them, interceding for them, providing all things necessary for their food, safety, and protection, Rev 12:14.