Discovery BoxExodus 25:39 
Context25:39 About seventy-five pounds 1 of pure gold is to be used for it 2 and for all these utensils.
Exodus 32:20
Context32:20 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
ContextThe 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
Context37:11 He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.
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).
