King James Version
Exodus 25:11 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of go...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
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.
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.
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.
And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“within”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“it and shalt make”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon it a crown”
H2213a chaplet (as spread around the top), i.e., (specifically) a border moulding
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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