Exo 25:11 | NETfull | STEP | You are to overlay it with pure gold – both inside and outside you must overlay it, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold over it.

Exodus 25:11

11 You are to overlay ^{▼▼ The verbs throughout here are perfect tenses with the vav (ו) consecutives. They are equal to the imperfect tense of instruction and/or injunction.} it with pure gold – both inside and outside you must overlay it, ^{▼▼ Here the verb is an imperfect tense; for the perfect sequence to work the verb would have to be at the front of the clause.} and you are to make a surrounding border ^{▼▼ The word זֵר (zer) is used only in Exodus and seems to describe something on the order of a crown molding, an ornamental border running at the top of the chest on all four sides. There is no indication of its appearance or function.} of gold over it.