English Standard Version
Exodus 30:3
3You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it.
Exodus 30:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
- New International Version (NIV)Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall overlay its top, its sides all around, and its horns with pure gold; and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar.
Context of Exodus 30:3
1"You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. 4And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it. 5You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
Read all of Exodus 30Exodus 30:3 word by word
וְצִפִּיתָ֨ אֹת֜וֹ זָהָ֣ב טָה֗וֹר אֶת־גַּגּ֧וֹ וְאֶת־קִירֹתָ֛יו סָבִ֖יב וְאֶת־קַרְנֹתָ֑יו וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ לּ֛וֹ זֵ֥ר זָהָ֖ב סָבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thou shalt overlayצָפָהtsâphâh · to overlayH6823
- it with pureטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
- goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
- the topגָּגgâg · roofH1406
- thereof, and the sidesקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
- thereof round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- and the hornsקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161
- thereof; and thou shalt makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- unto it a crownזֵרzêr · borderH2213
Cross-references for Exodus 30:3
Commentaries on Exodus 30:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-10Verses 1-10 Exodus 37:25-28; Exodus 40:26-27. The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:18 inches square and three feet in height (taking the cubit as 18 inches), entirely covered with plates of gold. Four “horns” were to project upward at the corners like those of the altar of burnt-offering Exodus 27:2. A crown or moulding of gold was to run round the top. On each of two opposite sides there was to be a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The plans for the altar made of acacia wood are described here instead of with the other items of the holy place (25:23–40). This might be because of the reference to the priest's use of it in 30:7–10.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. foursquare--the meaning of which is not that it was to be entirely of a cubical form, but that upon its upper and under surface, it showed four equal sides. It was twice as high as it was broad, being twenty-one inches broad and three feet six inches high. It had "horns"; its top or flat surface was surmounted by an ornamental ledge or rim, called a crown, and it was furnished at the sides with rings for carriage. Its only accompanying piece of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 30
- 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
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