Exodus 37:11
in Exodus 37He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about.
KJV
And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
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This verse in Exodus 37
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
He also made the table of acacia wood
on Exodus 37:10-16
The table takes rings and staves like the ark, so every piece inside the holy place is built to be carried. Its bread waits until 40:23, where Moses sets it in order.
This site's exposition
a gold molding around it
The overlay and molding carry out 25:24. The same gold molding is given to the ark at verse 2 and to the incense altar at verse 26. John Wesley notes that the bread on this table was set out to be looked upon and eaten afterward only by the priests.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
He made a table out of acacia wood, two amohs long, one amoh wide, and one and one-half amohs high.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְצַ֥ף | vaytzaf | and he overlaid | H6823 → | 47 times |
| אֹת֖וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זָהָ֣ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| טָה֑וֹר | tahor | pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
| וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| ל֛וֹ | lo | for <the> it | ||
| זֵ֥ר | zer | a molding of | H2213 → | 10 times |
| זָהָ֖ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| סָבִֽיב׃ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
וַיְצַ֥ףand he overlaid
vaytzafH6823 →47 times
אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
זָהָ֣בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
טָה֑וֹרpure
tahorH2889 →94 times
וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
ל֛וֹfor <the> it
lo
זֵ֥רa molding of
zerH2213 →10 times
זָהָ֖בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
סָבִֽיב׃all around
savivH5439 →336 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
