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Good News Translation

Exodus 37:2

He covered it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Gold;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crown;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crown;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ark of the covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it round about.
King James Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Lexham English Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and he made for it a gold molding all around.
New Century Version
He covered it, both inside and out, with pure gold, and he put a gold strip around it.
New English Translation
He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.
Amplified Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a molding (border) of gold to go all around [the top of it].
New American Standard Bible
and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ouerlayde it with fine golde within and without, and made a crowne of golde to it rounde about,
Legacy Standard Bible
and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.
Contemporary English Version
He covered it inside and out with pure gold and put a gold edging around the top.
Complete Jewish Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and put a molding of gold for it around the top.
Darby Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a border of gold upon it round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
He covered the inside and outside of the Box with pure gold. Then he put gold trim around the Box.
English Standard Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.
George Lamsa Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold for it round about.
Christian Standard Bible®
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.
Literal Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside. And he made for it a wreath of gold all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ouerlayed it with fyne golde within and without, and made a crowne of golde vnto it rounde aboute,
American Standard Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Bible in Basic English
Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ouerlaide it with fine golde within & without, and made a crowne of golde to it rounde about.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
King James Version (1611)
And he ouerlaid it with pure gold within & without, and made a crowne of gold to it round about.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
of eight and twenty cubits the length of one curtain: the same measure was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was of four cubits.
English Revised Version
and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Berean Standard Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he made to it a goldun coroun `bi cumpas,
Young's Literal Translation
and he overlayeth it with pure gold within and without, and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about;
Update Bible Version
and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
World English Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it round about.
New King James Version
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold all around it.
New Living Translation
He overlaid it inside and outside with pure gold, and he ran a molding of gold all around it.
New Life Bible
He covered it inside and out with pure gold. And he made a piece of gold to put on it all around.
New Revised Standard
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without,-and made for it a rim of gold, round about;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made to it a crown of gold round about,
Revised Standard Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a molding of gold around it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.

Contextual Overview

1 Bezalel made the Covenant Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high. 2 He covered it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it. 3 He made four carrying rings of gold for it and attached them to its four feet, with two rings on each side. 4 He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with gold, 5 and put them through the rings on each side of the Box. 6 He made a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. 7 He made two winged creatures of hammered gold, 8 one for each end of the lid. He made them so that they formed one piece with the lid. 9 The winged creatures faced each other across the lid, and their outspread wings covered it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 30:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:25 - a golden crown to the border

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
And that is how the universe was created. When the Lord God made the universe,
Genesis 5:1
This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.
Genesis 6:9
This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,
Genesis 10:1
These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood.
Genesis 30:4
So she gave Bilhah to her husband, and he had intercourse with her.
Genesis 30:9
When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife.
Genesis 35:22
While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his father's concubines; Jacob heard about it and was furious. Jacob had twelve sons.
Genesis 37:22
"Just throw him into this well in the wilderness, but don't hurt him." He said this, planning to save him from them and send him back to his father.
Genesis 37:24
Then they took him and threw him into the well, which was dry.
Genesis 37:25
While they were eating, they suddenly saw a group of Ishmaelites traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were loaded with spices and resins.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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