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.
Parallel translations
- WEB He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
- KJV 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.
- BSB And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold around it.
- NASB 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.
- NLT He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar.
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Quick answer
The incense altar was overlaid with pure gold on top, sides, and horns, with a gold molding. Its golden covering marked it as holy.
Overview
Standing nearest the Most Holy Place, the incense altar was fittingly covered in gold like the ark. The rising incense pictured the prayers of God's people offered acceptably before Him. The work follows Exodus 30:3, and points to Christ's intercession on our behalf (Hebrews 7:25).
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