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Complete Jewish Bible

Exodus 25:11

You are to overlay it with pure gold — overlay it both inside and outside — and put a molding of gold around the top of it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Tabernacle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ark;   Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Gold;   Holy of Holies;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Exodus, Book of;   Uzzah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Colours;   Crown;   Leviticus;   Mining and Metals;   Tabernacle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ark;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Tabernacle, the;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crown;   Gold;   Goldsmith;   Pure;   Tabernacle;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ark of the covenant;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Gold;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall overlay it with pure gold. Inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make a gold molding around it.
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.
Lexham English Bible
And you will overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you will overlay it, and you will make on it a gold molding all around.
New Century Version
Cover the Ark inside and out with pure gold, and put a gold strip all around it.
New English Translation
You are to overlay it with pure gold—both inside and outside you must overlay it, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold over it.
Amplified Bible
"You shall overlay the ark with pure gold, overlay it inside and out, and you shall make a gold border (frame) around its top.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt ouerlay it with pure golde: within and without shalt thou ouerlay it, & shalt make vpon it a crowne of golde rounde about.
Legacy Standard Bible
You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
Contemporary English Version
Cover it inside and out with pure gold and put a gold edging around the lid.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold: inside and outside shalt thou overlay it; and shalt make upon it a border of gold round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
Use pure gold to cover the Box inside and out. Put gold trim around the edges of the Box.
English Standard Version
You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, without and within shall you overlay it, and shall make upon it a crown of gold round about.
Good News Translation
Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.
Christian Standard Bible®
Overlay it with pure gold; overlay it both inside and out. Also make a gold molding all around it.
Literal Translation
And you shall overlay it with pure gold; you shall overlay it inside and outside. And you shall make a wreath of gold all around on it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
this shalt thou ouerleye with pure golde within and without, & make an hye vpo it a crowne of golde rounde aboute,
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.
Bible in Basic English
It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round it
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt ouerlay it with pure golde, within and without shalt thou ouerlay it, and shalt make an hye vpon it a crowne of golde rounde about.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt ouerlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou ouerlay it: and shalt make vpon it a crowne of gold round about.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about.
English Revised 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.
Berean Standard Bible
Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt ouergilde it with clenneste gold with ynne and with out forth; and thou schalt make a goldun crowne aboue `bi cumpas,
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.
Update Bible Version
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a crown of gold round about.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold around it.
World English Bible
You shall overlay it with pure gold. Inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make a gold molding around it.
New King James Version
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of gold all around.
New Living Translation
Overlay it inside and outside with pure gold, and run a molding of gold all around it.
New Life Bible
Cover it inside and out with pure gold. And make a piece of gold to put on it all around.
New Revised Standard
You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you shall overlay it, and you shall make a molding of gold upon it all around.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without, shalt thou overlay it, - and thou shalt make thereon a rim of gold, round about.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, within and without; and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about:
Revised Standard Version
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, within and without shall you overlay it, and you shall make upon it a molding of gold round about.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

Contextual Overview

10 "They are to make an ark of acacia-wood three-and-three-quarters feet long, two-and-a-quarter feet wide and two-and-a-quarter feet high. 11 You are to overlay it with pure gold — overlay it both inside and outside — and put a molding of gold around the top of it. 12 Cast four gold rings for it, and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side. 13 Make poles of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 Put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark; you will use them to carry the ark. 15 The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they are not to be removed from it. 16 Into the ark you are to put the testimony which I am about to give you. 17 (ii) "You are to make a cover for the ark out of pure gold; it is to be three-and-three-quarters feet long and two-and-a-quarter feet high. 18 You are to make two k'ruvim of gold. Make them of hammered work for the two ends of the ark-cover. 19 Make one keruv for one end and one keruv for the other end; make the k'ruvim of one piece with the ark-cover at its two ends.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 25:24, Exodus 30:3, 1 Kings 6:20, 2 Chronicles 3:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 26:29 - overlay the boards with gold Exodus 28:23 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make of you a great nation, I will bless you, and I will make your name great; and you are to be a blessing.
Genesis 16:14
This is why the well has been called Be'er-Lachai-Ro'i [well of the one who lives and sees]; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 17:19
God answered, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you are to call him Yitz'chak [laughter]. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Genesis 22:17
I will most certainly bless you; and I will most certainly increase your descendants to as many as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the cities of their enemies,
Genesis 24:62
Meanwhile, Yitz'chak, one evening after coming along the road from Be'er-Lachai-Ro'i — he was living in the Negev —
Genesis 50:24
Yosef said to his brothers, "I am dying. But God will surely remember you and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Avraham, Yitz'chak and Ya‘akov."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,.... Not gild it, but put a plate of pure gold over it:

within and without shalt thou overlay it; so that nothing of the wood could be seen: this may denote the glory of Christ in both his natures, divine and human, the riches of his person and office, which are unsearchable and durable, and his preciousness to them that believe, Song of Solomon 5:10,

and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about: or a cornish of pure gold upon it, every way, which was a square on which the mercy seat was set; which may point at the honour and glory of Christ, especially in his kingly office, who has indeed on his head many crowns; one a crown of pure gold, his divine Father has set upon him; another which the church has crowned him with, and indeed both angels and saints cast their crowns at his feet, and set the crown on his head, or give him the glory of all they have and are.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

(compare Exodus 37:1-5). The ark is uniformly designated in Exodus the ark of the testimony. Elsewhere it is called the testimony, the ark of the covenant (most frequently in Deuteronomy and the other books of the Old Testament), the ark of the lord, the ark of god, the ark of the strength of the lord, and the holy ark.

The ark of the covenant was the central point of the sanctuary. It was designed to contain the testimony Exodus 25:16; Exodus 40:20; Deuteronomy 31:26, that is, the tables of the divine law, the terms of the covenant between Yahweh and His people: and it was to support the mercy-seat with its cherubim, from between which He was to hold communion with them Exodus 25:22. On this account, in these directions for the construction of the sanctuary, it is named first of all the parts. But on the other hand, in the narrative of the work as it was actually carried out, we find that it was not made until after the tabernacle Exodus 37:1-9. It was suitable that the receptacle should be first provided to receive and shelter the most sacred of the contents of the sanctuary as soon as it was completed. The order in which the works were executed seems to be given in Exodus 31:7-10, and Exodus 35:11-19. The completion of the ark is recorded in Exodus 37:1-5. On its history, see the concluding $$note to Exodus 40:0.

Exodus 25:10

An ark - Taking the cubit at 18 inches (see Genesis 6:15 note), the ark of the covenant was a box 3 ft. 9 in. long, 2 ft. 3 in. wide, and 2 ft. 3 in. deep.

Exodus 25:11

Overlay it with pure gold - Words descriptive of the common process of gilding. The Egyptians in early times were acquainted with both the art of gilding and that of covering a substance with thin plates of gold.

A crown of gold - That is, an edging or moulding of gold round the top of the ark, within which the cover or mercy-seat Exodus 25:17 may have fitted (compare Exodus 38:2). There were golden mouldings, called by the same name, to the table of showbread Exodus 25:24; Exodus 37:11-12, and to the golden altar Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:26.

Exodus 25:12

Four corners thereof - Rather, its four bases, or feet. It is not unlikely that there were low blocks, or plinths, placed under the corners to which the rings were attached (see Exodus 25:26), and that it is to them the word is here applied. The ark, when it was carried, must thus have been raised above the shoulders of the bearers.

Exodus 25:15

They shall not be taken from it - This direction was probably given in order that the ark might not be touched by the hand (compare 2 Samuel 6:6).

Exodus 25:16

The testimony - Literally, “something spoken again and again.” The stone tables of the Ten Commandments are called the Testimony, or, the tables of the Testimony, as the ark which contained them is called the ark of the Testimony, and the tabernacle in which the ark was placed, the tabernacle of the testimony. Taking this in connection with the prohibitory form of the commandments, the name must have been understood as signifying the direct testimony of Yahweh against sin in man Deuteronomy 31:26-27.

The ark of the covenant has been most generally likened to the arks, or moveable shrines, which are represented on Egyptian monuments. The Egyptian arks were carried by poles on the shoulders, and some of them had on the cover two winged figures not unlike what we conceive the golden cherubim to have been. Thus far the similarity is striking. But there were points of great dissimilarity. Between the winged figures on the Egyptian arks there was placed the material symbol of a deity, and the arks themselves were carried about in religious processions, so as to make a show in the eyes of the people. We know not what they contained. As regards the ark of the covenant, the absence of any symbol of God was one of its great characteristics. It was never carried in a ceremonial procession: when it was moved from one place to another, it was closely packed up, concealed from the eyes even of the Levites who bore it. When the tabernacle was pitched, the ark was never exhibited, but was kept in solemn darkness. Rest, it is evident, was its appointed condition. It was occasionally moved out of its place in the holy of holies, but only so long as the nation was without a settled capital, and had something of the character of an army on the march. Not less was it distinguished from all other arks in the simple grandeur of its purpose: it was constructed to contain the plain text of the Ten Commandments written on stone in words that were intelligible to all.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 25:11. A crown of gold round about. — A border, or, as the Septuagint have it, κυματια χρυσα στεπτα κυκλω, waves of gold wreathed round about.


 
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