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Exodus 37:12

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 37:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And he made unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And he made unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
Exodus 37:12 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 37

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.
10And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits [was] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
11and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about.
12And he made unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
13And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the four feet thereof.
14Close by the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
15And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“handbreadth: Gen 21:16 Exodus 37:16”
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