You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
Parallel translations
- KJV And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
- BSB Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
- ESV You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.
- NKJV And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around.
- NASB You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it.
- NLT Overlay it with pure gold and run a gold molding around the edge.
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Quick answer
The table was to be overlaid with pure gold and edged with a gold molding. Its costly covering marked it as a holy furnishing of God's house.
Overview
Like the ark, the table was overlaid with pure gold and crowned with a molding, reflecting the holiness and beauty of God's dwelling. The richness honored the One whose presence the bread symbolized. Every furnishing in the sanctuary shared in this glory. The care lavished on the table teaches that fellowship with God is precious and is to be approached with reverence and honor.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Exod 25:11You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
- 1 Kgs 6:20–22Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar.
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