Exodus 30:3

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Exodus 30:3

1“Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit, it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it. 4You shall make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two side walls--on opposite sides--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.

Exodus 30:3 word by word

וְצִפִּיתָ֨ אֹת֜וֹ זָהָ֣ב טָה֗וֹר אֶת־גַּגּ֧וֹ וְאֶת־קִירֹתָ֛יו סָבִ֖יב וְאֶת־קַרְנֹתָ֑יו וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ לּ֛וֹ זֵ֥ר זָהָ֖ב סָבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear

• You shall overlayצָפָהtsâphâh · to overlayH6823
• it with pureטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• its topגָּגgâg · roofH1406
• sidesקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• allסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• and its hornsקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161
• and you shall makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• moldingזֵרzêr · borderH2213

Cross-references for Exodus 30:3

• Exodus 25:11You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

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

Topics related to Exodus 30:3

• Altar
• Incense

In the dictionaries

• Altar
• Beat
• Censer
• Compound
• Curious
• Onycha
• Perpetual
• Smell
• Spices
• Temper

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