Exodus 25:39

25:39 About seventy-five pounds ¹  of pure gold is to be used for it ²  and for all these utensils.

Exodus 32:20

32:20 He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it ³  to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it. ⁴ 

Exodus 37:1

The Making of the Ark

37:1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.

Exodus 37:11

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

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¹ tn Heb “a talent.”

² tn The text has “he will make it” or “one will make it.” With no expressed subject it is given a passive translation.

³ tn Here “it” has been supplied.

⁴ tn Here “it” has been supplied.

sn Pouring the ashes into the water running from the mountain in the brook (Deut 9:21) and making them drink it was a type of the bitter water test that tested the wife suspected of unfaithfulness. Here the reaction of the people who drank would indicate guilt or not (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 419).