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Exodus 37:2

And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a molding (border) of gold to go all around [the top of it].

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Gold;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crown;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crown;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ark of the covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it round about.
King James Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Lexham English Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and he made for it a gold molding all around.
New Century Version
He covered it, both inside and out, with pure gold, and he put a gold strip around it.
New English Translation
He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.
New American Standard Bible
and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ouerlayde it with fine golde within and without, and made a crowne of golde to it rounde about,
Legacy Standard Bible
and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.
Contemporary English Version
He covered it inside and out with pure gold and put a gold edging around the top.
Complete Jewish Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and put a molding of gold for it around the top.
Darby Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a border of gold upon it round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
He covered the inside and outside of the Box with pure gold. Then he put gold trim around the Box.
English Standard Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.
George Lamsa Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold for it round about.
Good News Translation
He covered it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.
Christian Standard Bible®
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.
Literal Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside. And he made for it a wreath of gold all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ouerlayed it with fyne golde within and without, and made a crowne of golde vnto it rounde aboute,
American Standard Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Bible in Basic English
Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ouerlaide it with fine golde within & without, and made a crowne of golde to it rounde about.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
King James Version (1611)
And he ouerlaid it with pure gold within & without, and made a crowne of gold to it round about.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
of eight and twenty cubits the length of one curtain: the same measure was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was of four cubits.
English Revised Version
and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Berean Standard Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he made to it a goldun coroun `bi cumpas,
Young's Literal Translation
and he overlayeth it with pure gold within and without, and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about;
Update Bible Version
and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
World English Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it round about.
New King James Version
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold all around it.
New Living Translation
He overlaid it inside and outside with pure gold, and he ran a molding of gold all around it.
New Life Bible
He covered it inside and out with pure gold. And he made a piece of gold to put on it all around.
New Revised Standard
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without,-and made for it a rim of gold, round about;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made to it a crown of gold round about,
Revised Standard Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a molding of gold around it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.

Contextual Overview

1Bezalel made the ark [of the covenant] of acacia wood—it was two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high. 2And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a molding (border) of gold to go all around [the top of it].3He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. 4He made carrying poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 5He put the carrying poles through the rings at the sides of the ark, to carry it. 6Bezalel made the mercy seat of pure gold; it was two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide. 7He made two cherubim of hammered gold; he made them at the two ends of the mercy seat, 8one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim [of one piece] with the mercy seat at the two ends. 9The cherubim spread out their wings upward, covering and protecting the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were [looking downward] toward the mercy seat.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 30:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:25 - a golden crown to the border

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
This is the history of [the origin of] the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day [that is, days of creation] that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens—
Genesis 5:1
This is the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of [the descendants of] Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness].
Genesis 6:9
These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.
Genesis 10:1
These are the records of the generations (descendants) of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and the sons born to them after the flood:
Genesis 30:4
So she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [secondary] wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing [children], she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a [secondary] wife.
Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that land, Reuben [his eldest son] went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard about it. The Sons of Israel Now Jacob had twelve sons—
Genesis 37:22
Reuben said to them, "Do not shed his blood, but [instead] throw him [alive] into the pit that is here in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him [to kill him]"—[he said this so] that he could rescue him from them and return him [safely] to his father.
Genesis 37:24
then they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
Genesis 37:25
Then they sat down to eat their meal. When they looked up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead [east of the Jordan], with their camels bearing ladanum resin [for perfume] and balm and myrrh, going on their way to carry the cargo down to Egypt.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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