Exodus 30:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Two golden rings. — The golden altar was so much smaller and lighter than the brazen one that two rings only were required for carrying it, instead of the “four rings” needed by the brazen altar (Exodus 27:4).

By the two corners thereof. — Rather, on the two sides thereof. The word used means, literally, “ribs,” and is explained in the clause which follows.

Exodus 30:4

4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two cornersb thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.