You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
Parallel translations
- KJV And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
- BSB Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
- NKJV You shall overlay the boards with gold, make their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlay the bars with gold.
- NASB And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
- NLT Overlay the frames with gold, and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Overlay the crossbars with gold as well.
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Quick answer
The boards and bars were to be overlaid with gold, with gold rings to hold the bars. Gold covered the entire frame within God's dwelling.
Overview
The acacia frame and its bars were sheathed in gold, with gold rings to receive the bars. The gold within marked the inner sanctuary as the place of God's glorious presence. The acacia wood overlaid with gold has long been seen as a fitting picture of Christ, fully human yet clothed in divine glory.
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Cross-references · 1
- Exod 25:11–12You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
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