Exodus 30:3

It is to be plated with the best gold, the top of it and the sides and the horns, with an edging of gold all round it.

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In The 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.

In Context

2The altar is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high, and its horns are to be made of the same.

4Under the edge on the two opposite sides, you are to make two gold rings, to take the rods for lifting it.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:24Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it;

1 Kings 7:48And Solomon had all the vessels made for use in the house of the Lord: the altar of gold and the gold table on which the holy bread was placed;

Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:2-11

The Tabernacles and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. 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. 4 And two golden rings… Read the whole commentary →

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