Exodus 37:12

Exodus 37:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
• New International Version (NIV)They also made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also he made a frame of a handbreadth all around it, and made a molding of gold for the frame all around it.

Context of Exodus 37:12

10And he made the table of acacia-wood; two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made upon it a border of gold round about. And he made for it a margin of a hand-breadth round about; and made a border of gold for the margin thereof round about. 13And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were on the four feet thereof. 14Close to the margin were the rings, as receptacles of the staves to carry the table.

Exodus 37:12 word by word

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ ל֥וֹ מִסְגֶּ֛רֶת טֹ֖פַח סָבִ֑יב וַיַּ֧עַשׂ זֵר־זָהָ֛ב לְמִסְגַּרְתּ֖וֹ סָבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear

• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• roundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Commentaries on Exodus 37:12

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29It says that Bezalel made the ark of the covenant and all the furnishings, as well as the courtyard and its furnishings (37:1, 10, 17, 25; 38:1, 8, 9, 18). But this probably means he was in charge and guided the other craftsmen and seamstresses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-291. Bezaleel made the ark--The description here given of the things within the sacred edifice is almost word for word the same as that contained in Ex 25:1-40. It is not on that account to be regarded as a useless repetition of minute particulars; for by the enumeration of these details, it can be seen how exactly everything was fashioned according to the "pattern shown on the mount" [Ex 25:40]; and the knowledge of this exact correspondence between the…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 37:12

• Measure
• Shewbread (Showbread)

In the dictionaries

• Handbreadth
• Atonement, Day of
• Border; Borders
• Crown
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Pentateuch
• Septuagint
• Shewbread, the

Commentaries on Exodus 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings