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New Living Translation

Exodus 37:26

He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Incense;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - The Altar of Incense;   Crown;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crown;   Horn;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
King James Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Lexham English Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold—its top and its sides all around and its horns—and he made for it a gold molding all around.
New Century Version
He covered the top and all the sides and the corners with pure gold, and he put gold trim around the altar.
New English Translation
He overlaid it with pure gold—its top, its four walls, and its horns—and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.
Amplified Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around and its horns; he also made a rim of gold around it.
New American Standard Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he couered it with pure gold, both the top and the sides thereof rounde about, and the hornes of it, and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about.
Legacy Standard Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.
Contemporary English Version
He covered it with pure gold and put a gold edging around it.
Complete Jewish Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold — its top, all around its sides and its horns; and he put around it a molding of gold.
Darby Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and made upon it a border of gold round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
He covered the top, all the sides, and the horns with pure gold. Then he put gold trim around the altar.
English Standard Version
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it,
George Lamsa Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it and its sides round about, and the horns of it; and he made for it a crown of gold round about.
Good News Translation
He covered its top, all four sides, and its projections with pure gold and put a gold border around it.
Christian Standard Bible®
He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it.
Literal Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides and its horns all around. And he made for it a wreath of gold all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ouerlayed it with fyne golde, the toppe and the sydes of it rounde aboute,
American Standard Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Bible in Basic English
The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he couered it with pure golde, both the top and the sides therof round about, and the hornes of it: and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it; and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
King James Version (1611)
And he ouerlayed it with pure gold, both the top of it and the sides thereof round about, and the hornes of it: also he made vnto it a crowne of gold round about.
English Revised Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Berean Standard Bible
And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold all around it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he clothide it with clenneste gold, and the gridele, and wallis, and hornes;
Young's Literal Translation
and he overlayeth it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about, and its horns; and he maketh for it a wreath of gold round about;
Update Bible Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made to it a crown of gold round about.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, [both] the top of it, and its sides round about, and its horns: also he made to it a crown of gold round about.
World English Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
New King James Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides all around, and its horns. He also made for it a molding of gold all around it.
New Life Bible
He covered its top, all its sides and its horns with pure gold. And he made a piece of gold to go around it.
New Revised Standard
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made for it a molding of gold all around,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold - the top thereof and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof,-and he made thereto a rim of gold, round about.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he overlaid it with the purest gold, with its grate, and the sides, and the horns.
Revised Standard Version
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and he made a molding of gold round about it,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around.

Contextual Overview

25 Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself. 26 He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar. 27 He made two gold rings and attached them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles. 28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 29 Then he made the sacred anointing oil and the fragrant incense, using the techniques of a skilled incense maker.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Revelation 8:3 - the golden

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!
Genesis 25:32
"Look, I'm dying of starvation!" said Esau. "What good is my birthright to me now?"
Genesis 37:20
"Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, ‘A wild animal has eaten him.' Then we'll see what becomes of his dreams!"
Deuteronomy 17:8
"Suppose a case arises in a local court that is too hard for you to decide—for instance, whether someone is guilty of murder or only of manslaughter, or a difficult lawsuit, or a case involving different kinds of assault. Take such legal cases to the place the Lord your God will choose,
2 Samuel 1:16
"You have condemned yourself," David said, "for you yourself confessed that you killed the Lord 's anointed one."
Job 16:18
"O earth, do not conceal my blood. Let it cry out on my behalf.
Psalms 30:9
"What will you gain if I die, if I sink into the grave? Can my dust praise you? Can it tell of your faithfulness?
Jeremiah 41:8
The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey that they had hidden away.
Ezekiel 24:7
For the blood of her murders is splashed on the rocks. It isn't even spilled on the ground, where the dust could cover it!
Matthew 16:26
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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