'Gold' in the Bible

Each woman will ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry, and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

Now announce to the people that both men and women should ask their neighbors for silver and gold jewelry.”

The Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing.

You must not make gods of silver to rival Me; you must not make gods of gold for yourselves.

This is the offering you are to receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

Overlay it with pure gold; overlay it both inside and out. Also make a gold molding all around it.

Cast four gold rings for it and place them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.

Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it.

Make a three-inch frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame.

Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table can be carried by them.

You are also to make its plates and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.

“You are to make a lampstand out of pure, hammered gold. It is to be made of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its calyxes and petals.

Their calyxes and branches are to be of one piece. All of it is to be a single hammered piece of pure gold.

Its snuffers and firepans must be of pure gold.

The lampstand with all these utensils is to be made from 75 pounds of pure gold.

Also make 50 gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single unit.

Then overlay the planks with gold, and make their rings of gold as the holders for the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.

Hang it on four gold-plated posts of acacia wood that have gold hooks and that stand on four silver bases.

Make five posts of acacia wood for the screen and overlay them with gold; their hooks are to be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.

They should use gold; blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; and fine linen.

“They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

The artistically woven waistband that is on the ephod must be of one piece, according to the same workmanship of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.

Engrave the two stones with the names of Israel’s sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal. Mount them, surrounded with gold filigree settings.

Fashion gold filigree settings

and two chains of pure gold; you will make them of braided cord work, and attach the cord chains to the settings.

“You are to make an embroidered breastpiece for making decisions. Make it with the same workmanship as the ephod; make it of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.

and the fourth row,a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.They should be adorned with gold filigree in their settings.

“You are to make braided chains of pure gold cord work for the breastpiece.

Fashion two gold rings for the breastpiece and attach them to its two corners.

Then attach the two gold cords to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece.

Make two other gold rings and put them at the two other corners of the breastpiece on the edge that is next to the inner border of the ephod.

Make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the ephod’s two shoulder pieces on its front, close to its seam, and above the ephod’s woven waistband.

Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn on its lower hem and all around it. Put gold bells between them all the way around,

so that gold bells and pomegranates alternate around the lower hem of the robe.

“You are to make a pure gold medallion and engrave it, like the engraving of a seal:HOLY TO THE LORD.

Overlay its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold; make a gold molding all around it.

Make two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.

Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,

Then Aaron replied to them, “Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters and bring them to me.”

So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.

He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf.Then they said, “Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, take it off,’ and they gave it to me. When I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”

So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, these people have committed a grave sin; they have made a god of gold for themselves.

Take up an offering among you for the Lord. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring this as the Lord’s offering: gold, silver, and bronze;

Both men and women came; all who had willing hearts brought brooches, earrings, rings, necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry—everyone who waved a presentation offering of gold to the Lord.

to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

He also made 50 gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit.

He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

He made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the posts.

together with its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.

He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

He made a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,

He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it.

He made a three-inch frame all around it and made a gold molding all around its frame.

He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

He also made the utensils that would be on the table out of pure gold: its plates and cups, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold. He made it all of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its calyxes and petals.

Their calyxes and branches were of one piece. All of it was a single hammered piece of pure gold.

He also made its seven lamps, snuffers, and firepans of pure gold.

He made it and all its utensils of 75 pounds of pure gold.

He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it.

He made two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; he put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

All the gold of the presentation offering that was used for the project in all the work on the sanctuary, was 2,193 pounds, according to the sanctuary shekel.

Bezalel made the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.

They hammered out thin sheets of gold, and he cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and the fine linen in a skillful design.

The artistically woven waistband that was on the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, according to the same workmanship of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Then they mounted the onyx stones surrounded with gold filigree settings, engraved with the names of Israel’s sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal.

He also made the embroidered breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.

and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were surrounded with gold filigree in their settings.

They made braided chains of pure gold cord for the breastpiece.

They also fashioned two gold filigree settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to its two corners.

Then they attached the two gold cords to the two gold rings on the corners of the breastpiece.

They made two other gold rings and put them at the two other corners of the breastpiece on the edge that is next to the inner border of the ephod.

They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the ephod’s two shoulder pieces on its front, close to its seam, above the ephod’s woven waistband.

They made bells of pure gold and attached the bells between the pomegranates, all around the hem of the robe between the pomegranates,

They also made a medallion, the holy diadem, out of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving on a seal:HOLY TO THE LORD.

the pure gold lampstand, with its lamps arranged and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;

the gold altar; the anointing oil; the fragrant incense; the screen for the entrance to the tent;

Place the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony. Put up the screen for the entrance to the tabernacle.

Moses also installed the gold altar in the tent of meeting, in front of the veil,