New English Translation
Exodus 25:24
24You are to overlay it with pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it.
Exodus 25:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
- New International Version (NIV)Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around.
Context of Exodus 25:24
22I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites. 23“You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches. You are to overlay it with pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it. 25You are to make a surrounding frame for it about three inches broad, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame. 26You are to make four rings of gold for it and attach the rings at the four corners where its four legs are.
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וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹת֖וֹ זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ לּ֛וֹ זֵ֥ר זָהָ֖ב סָבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 25:24
Commentaries on Exodus 25:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23-30Verses 23-30 (Compare Exodus 37:10-16.) The table and the candlestick figured on the Arch of Titus at Rome are those of the Maccabaean times, but made as nearly as possible after the ancient models reproduced under the direction of Solomon and Zerubbabel. The details and size of the figure, and the description of Josephus, appear to agree very nearly with the directions here given to Moses, and to illustrate them in several particulars. Josephus says that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-30Verses 23-30 A table was to be made of wood, overlaid with gold, to stand in the outer tabernacle, to be always furnished with the shew-bread. This table, with the articles on it, and its use, seems to typify the communion which the Lord holds with his redeemed people in his ordinances, the provisions of his house, the feasts they are favoured with. Also the food for their souls, which they always find when they hunger after it; and the delight he takes…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-30The table of acacia wood was on the north side of the main room of the tabernacle (26:35). It reminded the people that God would provide for them. Most importantly, God's presence is what sustained them (25:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. crown--the moulding or ornamental rim, which is thought to have been raised above the level of the table, to prevent anything from falling off.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 25
- 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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