Exodus 25:11

25:11 You are to overlay ¹  it with pure gold – both inside and outside you must overlay it, ²  and you are to make a surrounding border ³  of gold over it.

Exodus 25:24

25:24 You are to overlay it with ⁴  pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it.

Exodus 28:34

28:34 The pattern is to be ⁵  a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe.

Exodus 37:2

37:2 He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border ⁶  of gold for it.

Exodus 37:11

37:11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

[25:11]  ¹ tn The verbs throughout here are perfect tenses with the vav (ו) consecutives. They are equal to the imperfect tense of instruction and/or injunction.

[25:11]  ² tn Here the verb is an imperfect tense; for the perfect sequence to work the verb would have to be at the front of the clause.

[25:11]  ³ tn The word זֵר (zer) is used only in Exodus and seems to describe something on the order of a crown molding, an ornamental border running at the top of the chest on all four sides. There is no indication of its appearance or function.

[25:24]  ⁴ tn “Gold” is an adverbial accusative of material.

[28:34]  ⁷ tn The words “the pattern is to be” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[37:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “molding.”