1 Kings 6:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.”
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“The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And before the oracle <FI>is<Fi> twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits <FI>is<Fi> its height; and he overlayeth it with gold refined, and overlayeth the altar with cedar.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 6:20 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 26:29Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
- Exodus 30:1“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
- Exodus 30:3Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
- 1 Kings 6:2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
- 1 Kings 6:22So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.
- 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- Ezekiel 41:4Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
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