Exodus 25 · Verse 11

Exodus 25:11

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
Exodus 25:11, King James Version

Exodus 25:11 in other translations

BSBOverlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
WEBYou shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
ASVAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
YLTand thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, within and without thou dost overlay it, and thou hast made on it a ring of gold round about.
DARBYAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold: inside and outside shalt thou overlay it; and shalt make upon it a border of gold round about.
BBEIt is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round it
WebsterAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold around it.

What does Exodus 25:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. a crown--a rim or cornice.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 A crown of gold round about - A border, or, as the Septuagint have it, κυματια χρυσα στεπτα κυκλω, waves of gold wreathed round about.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 25:10-22

The ark was a chest, overlaid with gold, in which the two tables of the law were to be kept. These tables are called the testimony; God in them testified his will. This law was a testimony to the Israelites, to direct them in their duty, and would be a testimony against them, if they transgressed. This ark was placed in the holy of holies; the blood of the sacrifices was sprinkled, and the incense burned, before it…

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Exodus 25:11 in the original Hebrew

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וְצִפִּיתָ֤ve.tzi.pi.Taand you will overlayH6823
אֹתוֹ֙'o.To<obj.> itH853
זָהָ֣בza.HavgoldH2091
טָה֔וֹרta.HorpureH2889
מִבַּ֥יִתmi.Ba.yitfrom insideH1004
וּמִח֖וּץu.mi.Chutzand from outsideH2351
תְּצַפֶּ֑נּוּte.tzap.Pe.nuyou will overlay itH6823
וְעָשִׂ֧יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will makeH6213
עָלָ֛יו'a.Lavon itH5921
זֵ֥רzera moldingH2213
זָהָ֖בza.HavgoldH2091
סָבִֽיב\׃sa.Vivall aroundH5439

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 25:11

  • Exodus 25:24

    And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

  • 1 Kings 6:20

    And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

  • Exodus 30:3

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 3:4

    And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
24; 30:3; 1Ki 6:20; 2Ch 3:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 25:10

    And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

  • Exodus 25:11

    And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

  • Exodus 25:12

    And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

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Exodus 25:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y la cubrirás de oro puro; por dentro y por fuera la cubrirás; y harás sobre ella una cornisa de oro alrededor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu la plaqueras d’or pur; tu la plaqueras dedans et dehors, et tu y feras un couronnement d’or tout autour;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und du sollst sie überziehen mit reinem Golde: inwendig und auswendig sollst du sie überziehen; und mache eine goldene Leiste daran ringsum.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et deaurabis eam auro mundissimo intus et foris: faciesque supra, coronam auream per circuitum: