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Exodus 37:26

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Incense;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - The Altar of Incense;   Crown;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crown;   Horn;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold—its top and its sides all around and its horns—and he made for it a gold molding all around.
New Century Version
He covered the top and all the sides and the corners with pure gold, and he put gold trim around the altar.
New English Translation
He overlaid it with pure gold—its top, its four walls, and its horns—and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.
Amplified Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides all around and its horns; he also made a rim of gold around it.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he couered it with pure gold, both the top and the sides thereof rounde about, and the hornes of it, and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about.
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
He covered it with pure gold and put a gold edging around it.
Complete Jewish Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold — its top, all around its sides and its horns; and he put around it a molding of gold.
Darby Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and made upon it a border of gold round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
He covered the top, all the sides, and the horns with pure gold. Then he put gold trim around the altar.
English Standard Version
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it,
George Lamsa Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it and its sides round about, and the horns of it; and he made for it a crown of gold round about.
Good News Translation
He covered its top, all four sides, and its projections with pure gold and put a gold border around it.
Christian Standard Bible®
He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it.
Literal Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides and its horns all around. And he made for it a wreath of gold all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ouerlayed it with fyne golde, the toppe and the sydes of it rounde aboute,
American Standard Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Bible in Basic English
The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he couered it with pure golde, both the top and the sides therof round about, and the hornes of it: and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it; and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
King James Version (1611)
And he ouerlayed it with pure gold, both the top of it and the sides thereof round about, and the hornes of it: also he made vnto it a crowne of gold round about.
English Revised Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Berean Standard Bible
And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold all around it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he clothide it with clenneste gold, and the gridele, and wallis, and hornes;
Young's Literal Translation
and he overlayeth it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about, and its horns; and he maketh for it a wreath of gold round about;
Update Bible Version
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made to it a crown of gold round about.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he overlaid it with pure gold, [both] the top of it, and its sides round about, and its horns: also he made to it a crown of gold round about.
World English Bible
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
New King James Version
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.
New Living Translation
He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar.
New Life Bible
He covered its top, all its sides and its horns with pure gold. And he made a piece of gold to go around it.
New Revised Standard
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made for it a molding of gold all around,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he overlaid it with pure gold - the top thereof and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof,-and he made thereto a rim of gold, round about.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he overlaid it with the purest gold, with its grate, and the sides, and the horns.
Revised Standard Version
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and he made a molding of gold round about it,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.

Contextual Overview

25He made an Altar for burning incense from acacia wood. He made it a foot and a half square and three feet high, with its horns of one piece with it. He covered it with a veneer of pure gold, its top, sides, and horns, and made a gold molding around it with two rings of gold beneath the molding. He placed the rings on the two opposing sides to serve as holders for poles by which it will be carried. He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with a veneer of gold. 29 He also prepared with the art of a perfumer the holy anointing oil and the pure aromatic incense.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Revelation 8:3 - the golden

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
God said, "What have you done! The voice of your brother's blood is calling to me from the ground. From now on you'll get nothing but curses from this ground; you'll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother. You'll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You'll be a homeless wanderer on Earth."
Genesis 25:32
Esau said, "I'm starving! What good is a birthright if I'm dead?"
Deuteronomy 17:8
When matters of justice come up that are too much for you—hard cases regarding homicides, legal disputes, fights—take them up to the central place of worship that God , your God, has designated. Bring them to the Levitical priests and the judge who is in office at the time. Consult them and they will hand down the decision for you.
2 Samuel 1:16
"You asked for it," David told him. "You sealed your death sentence when you said you killed God 's anointed king."
Job 16:18
"O Earth, don't cover up the wrong done to me! Don't muffle my cry! There must be Someone in heaven who knows the truth about me, in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name— My Champion, my Friend, while I'm weeping my eyes out before God. I appeal to the One who represents mortals before God as a neighbor stands up for a neighbor. "Only a few years are left before I set out on the road of no return."
Ezekiel 24:7
"‘The blood from murders has stained the whole city; Blood runs bold on the street stones, with no one bothering to wash it off— Blood out in the open to public view to provoke my wrath, to trigger my vengeance.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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