Exodus 30:3

Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God gives Moses precise construction instructions for the altar of incense during the tabernacle building phase. The words — צִפִּיתָ֨ (tzi.pi.Ta) means you will overlay, and זָהָב טָהוֹר (za.Hav ta.Hor) denotes pure gold. The thread — The directive to overlay sacred furniture with pure gold and add a gold molding appears in Exodus 25:11 and Exodus 25:24. Why it lands — The text commands complete surface coverage of the altar with unaltered gold. A reader must execute the material and dimensional specifications without substitution or deviation.

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The Hebrew words

וְצִפִּיתָ֨ve./tzi.pi.Taand/ you will overlay אֹת֜וֹ'o.T/o<obj.>/ it זָהָ֣בza.Havgold טָה֗וֹרta.Horpure אֶת־'et-<obj.>גַּגּ֧וֹga.G/otop/ its וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>קִירֹתָ֛יוki.ro.Ta/vsides/ its סָבִ֖יבsa.Vivall around וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>קַרְנֹתָ֑יוkar.no.Ta/vhorns/ its וְעָשִׂ֥יתָve./'a.Si.taand/ you will makeלּ֛וֹl/ofor <the>/ itזֵ֥רzera molding of זָהָ֖בza.Havgold סָבִֽיב׃sa.Vivall around

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Exodus 25:11 Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
Exodus 25:24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.