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“You are to make an altar for burning incense; you are to make it of acacia wood. 2Its length is to be a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half; it will be square. Its height is to be three feet, with its horns of one piece with it. You are to overlay it with pure gold – its top, its four walls, and its horns – and make a surrounding border of gold for it. 4You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. The rings will be places for poles to carry it with. 5You are to 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

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

• Exodus 25:11You are to overlay it with pure gold – both inside and outside you must overlay it, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold over 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

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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