King James Version
Exodus 37:24 in the King James Version says “Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.”
Exodus 37:24 · KJV
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Of a talent”
H3603a circle, i.e., (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the ghor or valley of the jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or l
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“he it and all the vessels”
H3627something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
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