Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
24. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
24. Et teges eam auro puro, faciesque ei coronam auream in circuitu.
25. 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.
25. Facies quoque ei clausuram latam quatuor digitos in circuitu: faciesque coronam auream clausurae illi in circuitu.
26. And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
26. Facies insuper ei quatuor annulos aureos, quos pones in quatuor angulis qui sunt in quatuor pedibus ejus.
27. Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
27. E regione illius clausurae erunt annuli per quos trajicientur vectes ad portandum mensam:
28. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
28. Faciesque vectes illos e lignis sittim: et operies eos auro, et feretur illis mensa.
29. And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
29. Facies etiam scutellas ejus, et cochlearia ejus, et opercula ejus, et crateres ejus quibus libabitur: ex auro mundo facies ca.
30. And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
30. Et pones super mensam illam panem facierum coram me jugiter.
23. Thou shalt also make a table. The sentiment of a certain ancient bishop 476 is deservedly praised, who, when he sold the sacred vessels in the time of a famine, to relieve the distress of the poor, thus excused himself to the Church: "Our God, who does not eat or drink, has no need of patens