Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.
- KJV And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
- BSB Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
- NKJV And you shall overlay its top, its sides all around, and its horns with pure gold; and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around.
- NASB You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it.
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Quick answer
The altar was overlaid entirely with pure gold and given a gold molding. Its costly covering signaled its holiness and nearness to God's presence.
Overview
Gold throughout the Holy Place spoke of the purity and glory befitting God's dwelling. The overlay set the incense altar apart as a vessel fit for sacred service. Such glory and worth ultimately find their substance in Christ, the radiance of God's glory, through whom our prayers ascend (Hebrews 1:3).
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.
- Exod 25:24You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
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