KJV King James Version
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
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Exodus 25:11
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
WEB World English Bible
You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, within and without thou dost overlay it, and thou hast made on it a ring of gold round about.
Surrounding context — Exodus 25
8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
9 According to all that I shew thee, [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make [it].
10 And they shall make an ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] in the four corners thereof; and two rings [shall be] in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
13 And thou shalt make staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
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Original-language word links
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וְצִפִּיתָ֤H6823 · tsa.phahto overlayאֹתוֹ֙H853 · et[Obj.]זָהָ֣בH2091 · za.havgoldטָה֔וֹרH2889 · ta.horpureמִבַּ֥יִתH1004 · betplaceוּמִח֖וּץH2351 · chutsoutsideתְּצַפֶּ֑נּוּH6823 · tsa.phahto overlayוְעָשִׂ֧יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doעָלָ֛יוH5921 · aluponזֵ֥רH2213 · zerborderזָהָ֖בH2091 · za.havgoldסָבִֽיב׃H5439 · sa.vivaround
Cross-references
Exodus 25:24And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.2 Chronicles 3:4And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.Exodus 30:3And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.1 Kings 6:20And the oracle in the forepart [was] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and [so] covered the altar [which was of] cedar.
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