9657. 'Up to one ring' means being thereby held firm. This is clear from the meaning of 'ring' as a joining together, dealt with in 9493, 9495, at this point being held firm by being joined together, since it says that the boards 'shall be paired up to one ring'.

9493. 'And you shall cast four rings of gold for it' means Divine Truth joined to Divine Good, which lie in every direction round about. This is clear from the meaning of 'rings' as the joining together of good and truth, at this point the joining of Divine Truth to Divine Good, since 'the ark' means heaven where the Lord is, see below in 9496. The reason why the rings were four was that this number means a joining together, 1686, 8877, and the reason why they were made of gold was that 'gold' means good, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, good being what truth is joined to, since the good is so to speak the soil and the truth so to speak the seed.