Exodus 37:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.”

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BSBPD

“He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the flagons thereof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he maketh the vessels which <FI>are<Fi> upon the table, its dishes, and its bowls, and its cups, and the cups by which they pour out, of pure gold.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 37:16 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 25:29You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.
  2. 1 Kings 7:50the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
  3. 2 Kings 12:13However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 52:18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
  5. 2 Timothy 2:20A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

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