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 30:3

30:3 You are to overlay it with pure gold – its top, ⁴  its four walls, ⁵  and its horns – and make a surrounding border of gold for it. ⁶ 

Exodus 37:26

37:26 He overlaid it with pure gold – its top, ⁷  its four walls, ⁸  and its horns – and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. ⁹ 

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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.

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.

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.

⁴ tn Heb “roof.”

⁵ tn Heb “its walls around.”

⁶ tn Heb “and make for it border gold around.” The verb is a consecutive perfect. See Exod 25:11, where the ark also has such a molding.

⁷ tn Heb “roof.”

⁸ tn Heb “its walls around.”

⁹ tn Heb “and he made for it border gold around.”