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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
overlay	וְצִפִּיתָ֤ ve.tzi.pi.Ta	H6823	to sheet over (especially with metal) · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
pure	טָה֔וֹר ta.Hor	H2889	pure (in a physical · adjective, masculine singular absolute
gold	זָהָ֣ב za.Hav	H2091	gold · noun, common masculine singular absolute
within	מִבַּ֥יִת mi.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
without	וּמִח֖וּץ u.mi.Chutz	H2351	properly · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
overlay	תְּצַפֶּ֑נּוּ te.tzap.Pe.nu	H6823	to sheet over (especially with metal) · verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
make	וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ ve.'a.Si.ta	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
crown	זֵ֥ר zer	H2213	a chaplet (as spread around the top) · noun, common masculine singular construct
gold	זָהָ֖ב za.Hav	H2091	gold · noun, common masculine singular absolute
about	סָבִֽיב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
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 unt…
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 ov…
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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:10-22

The first thing which is here ordered to be made is the ark with its appurtenances, the furniture of the most holy place, and the special token of God's presence, for which the tabernacle was erected to be the receptacle. I. The ark itself was a chest, or coffer, in which the two tables of the law, written with the finger of God, were to be honourably deposited, and carefully kept. The dimensions of it are exactly ordered; if the Jewish cubit was, as some learned men compute, three inches longer than our half-yard (twenty-one inches in all), this chest or cabinet was about fifty-two inches long, thirty-one broad, and thirty-one deep. It was overlaid within and without with thin plates of gol…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 25:11

a crown--a rim or cornice.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 25:11

A crown of gold round about - A border, or, as the Septuagint have it, κυματια χρυσα στεπτα κυκλω, waves of gold wreathed round about.

John Gill on Exodus 25:11

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,.... Not gild it, but put a plate of pure gold over it: within and without shalt thou overlay it; so that nothing of the wood could be seen: this may denote the glory of Christ in both his natures, divine and human, the riches of his person and office, which are unsearchable and durable, and his preciousness to them that believe, Sol 5:10, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about: or a cornish of pure gold upon it, every way, which was a square on which the mercy seat was set; which may point at the honour and glory of Christ, especially in his kingly office, who has indeed on his head many crowns; one a crown of pure gold, his divine Fath…

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John Calvin on Exodus 25:1-22

Dictionary and topics

Ark — Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high (Gen. 6:14-16); an oblong floating house of three stories, with a door in the side…
Ark Of The Covenant — The first piece of the tabernacle’s furniture, for which precise directions were delivered. Exod 25. I. Description.— It appears to have been an oblong chest of shittim (acacia) wood, 2 1/2 cubits…
Gold — (1.) Heb. zahab, so called from its yellow colour (Ex. 25:11; 1 Chr. 28:18; 2 Chr. 3:5). (2.) Heb. segor, from its compactness, or as being enclosed or treasured up; thus precious or “fine gold” (1…
Holy of holies — The second or interior portion of the tabernacle. It was left in total darkness. No one was permitted to enter it except the high priest, and that only once a year. It contained the ark of the…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Tabernacle — (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., “Siccuth”). (3.) The human body (2 Cor.…
Ark · .Directions for making — .Directions for making
Ark Of The Covenant · Entirely covered with gold — Entirely covered with gold
Gold · .Overlaying with — .Overlaying with

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 25:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:10-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 25:11

Adam Clarke on Exodus 25:11

John Gill on Exodus 25:11

John Calvin on Exodus 25:1-22

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 25:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:10-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 25:11

Adam Clarke on Exodus 25:11

John Gill on Exodus 25:11

John Calvin on Exodus 25:1-22

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 25:10-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 25:10-22

Rashi on Exodus 25:11