24 Bible Verses about Metals
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And make ye an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height And thou shalt spread pure gold over it, from within and from without thou shalt spread over it; and make to it a wreath of gold round about And thou shalt cast to at four rings of gold, and give upon its four steps: and two rings upon its one side, and two rings upon its second side.read more.
And make bars of acacia wood, and spread over them gold. And bring the bars into the rings upon the sides of the ark, to lift up the ark with them. The bars shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not remove from them. And give to the ark the testimony which I shall give to thee. And make a cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth; And make two cherubs of gold; of turned work shalt thou make them, from the two ends of the cover. And make the one cherub from this end, and one cherub from this end: thus of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubs upon its two ends. And the cherubs shall be spreading their wings on high, covering with their wings over the cover; and their faces each to the other; to the cover shall be the faces of the cherubs. And give the cover upon the ark from on high; and to the ark thou shalt give the testimony which I shall give to thee. And I was known to thee there, and I spake to thee from above the cover, from between the two cherubs which are upon the ark of the testimony, all which I shall command thee to the sons of Israel.
These the mandates of the temple, the temple of the testimony which was reviewed according to the mouth of Moses, the service of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah commanded Moses. And with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and an artificer, and variegator in cerulean purple, and in red purple, and in double scarlet, and in byssusread more.
All the gold wrought for the work in all the Works of the holy place, and the gold of the waving, will be nine and twenty talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, by the shekel of the holy place.
And he will give the cherubims in the midst of the house within: and the cherubims will expand the wings, and the wing of the one will touch upon the wall, and the wing of the second cherub touched upon the second wall; and their wings touched wing to wing to the middle of the house. And he will overlay the cherabims with gold. And all the walls of the house round about he carved with engravings of cherubims and palm trees and opening flower-buds from within and to withoutread more.
And the bottom of the house he overlaid with gold from within and to without And the openings of the oracle he made doors of the woods of oil: the projection of door-posts the fifth. And two doors of woods of oil; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims, and palm-trees, and opening flower-buds, and he overlaid with gold, and he brought down gold upon the cherubims and upon the palm-trees. And thus be made for the door of the temple, door-posts of woods of oil from the fourth. And two doors of the woods of cypresses: two ribs of the one door rolling, and two ribs of the second door rolling. And he carved cherubims,and palm-trees, and opening flower-buds; and he overlaid with gold made even upon the carving.
And Solomon will make all the vessels which are for the house of Jehovah: the altar of gold, and the table which was upon it the bread of the face, of gold. And the chandeliers, five from the right, and five from the left, before the oracle, of gold shut up; and the flower, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold. And the thresholds, and the snuffers, and the vases, and the pans, and the fire-pans, of gold shut up; and the openings to the doors of the house within to the holy of holies, to the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.
And the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year will be six hundred sixty and six talents of gold, Besides from the men travelling about and from the traffic of the merchants, and all the kings of Arabia and all the prefects of the earth. And king Solomon will make two hundred shields of beaten gold; six hundred of gold will come up upon the one shield.read more.
And three hundred shields of beaten gold; three parts of gold will come up upon the one shield: and the king will give them to the house of the forest of Lebanon. And the king will make a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with pure gold. Six steps to the throne, and the head rounded to the throne from its back parts: and hands hence and thence upon the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the hands. And twelve lions standing there upon the six steps, hence and thence: there was not made thus to all the kingdoms. And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon, gold, and every vessel of the house of the forest of Lebanon, gold shut up; nothing silver: it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for any thing.
The law of Jehovah is blameless, turning back the soul; the testimonies of Jehovah being faithful, making wise the simple. The mandates of Jehovah are straight, rejoicing the heart: the command of Jehovah pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of Jehovah being pure, standing forever: the judgments of Jehovah, truth, they were altogether justread more.
Being desirable above gold, and above much pure gold, and being sweet above honey, and the dropping of honey-combs. Also thy servant being admonished by them: in watching them much reward.
I counsel thee to buy gold of me refined by fire, that thou mightest be rich; and white garments, that thou mightest be surrounded, and that the shame of thy nakedness might not be made manifest; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou mightest see.
And the woman surrounded with purple and scarlet, and covered with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurity of her harlotry:
The sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings: silver tried in the crucible of the earth, purified seven times.
And Judah will say to his brethren, What the profit that we shall kill our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and we will sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hand shall not be upon him; for he our brother, our flesh: and his brethren will hear. And men will pass by, Midianites, merchants; and they will draw and bring up Joseph from the pit, and they will sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty of silver: and they will bring Joseph to Egypt
And the silver of those being reviewed of the assembly, a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and five and seventy shekels, by the shekel of the holy place. A bekah for a head, being half of a shekel by the shekel of the holy place, for all passing through upon reviewing, from the son of twenty years and from above, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. And the hundred talents of silver shall be to cast the bases of the holy place, and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases to the hundred talents, a talent to a base.read more.
And the thousand seven hundred and five and seventy, he made pegs for the pillars, and spread over their heads and joined them.
And he will be ruling over all the kingdoms from the river and even to the land of the rovers, and even to the bound of Egypt. And the king will give silver as stones in Jerusalem, and he gave cedars as sycamore trees in the low country, for multitude.
Then Judas, he delivering him up, having seen that he was condemned, having felt regret, returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests, and the more ancient, Saying, I have sinned, having delivered up guiltless blood. And they said, What to us? thou shalt see. And having cast down the silver coins in the temple, he withdrew and having gone away, he strangled him self.read more.
And the chief priests, having taken the silver coins, said, It is not lawful to cast them for an offering, since it is the price of blood. And having taken counsel, they purchased with them the potter's field, for the interment to strangers. Wherefore, that field was called, The field of blood, even to this day. Then was completed that having been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of him prized, whom they from the sons of Israel prized; And they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me.
And Zillah, she also will bear Tubal Cain, sharpening every cutting instrument of brass and iron: and Tubal Cain's sister was Naamah.
And make the altar acacia wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; and the altar shall be quadrated: and three cubits its height And make horns upon its four faces: its horns shall be from it: and spread over it brass. And make pots for its ashes, and its shovels, and its vessels, and its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: and for all its vessels, thou shalt make brass.read more.
And make to it a grate a net work of brass; and make upon the net four four brass rings over its four ends. And set it under the border of the altar from below, and the net shall be even to half the altar. And make bars for the altar, bars of acacia wood, and spread them over with brass. And bring the bars into the rings, and the bars shall be upon the two ribs of the altar, in lifting it up.
And the brass of the waving, seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. And he will make with it the bases to the door of the tent of appointment, and the altar of brass, and the grate of brass which is to it, and all the vessels of the altar. And the bases of the enclosure round about, and the bases of the gate of the enclosure, and all the pegs of the temple, and all the pegs of the enclosure round about.
And it shall be as he finished to speak all these words, the earth shall cleave asunder which is under them: And the earth shall open her mouth and shall swallow them and their houses, and all the men which to Korah, and all the possessions. And they went down, and all which is to them, living, to hades, and the earth shall cover over them; and they shall perish from the midst of the gathering.read more.
And all Israel which were round about them fled at their voice: for they said, Lest the earth shall swallow us. And a fire will come forth from Jehovah and will consume the fifty and two hundred men bringing the incense And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, Say to Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, and he shall take up the censers from the midst of the burning, and scatter the fire afar off; for they were consecrated. The censers of these sinners against their souls, and they made them beaten plates, a covering for the altar: for they brought them before Jehovah, and they will be consecrated: and they will be for a sign to the sons of Israel. And Eleazar the priest will take the brazen censers, which they being burnt brought near; and they shall beat them out a covering for the altar, A remembrance to the sons of Israel, so that a man, a stranger, shall not come near, he who is not from the seed of Aaron, to burn incense before Jehovah; and he shall not be as Korah and as his assembly: as Jehovah spake to him by the hand of Moses.
And he will make the enclosure of the priests, and the great terrace, and the doors to the terrace, and he overlaid their doors with brass. And he gave the sea from the right shoulder east, from over against the south. And Huram will make the pots and the shovels and the vases. And Huram will finish to make the work that he did for king Solomon in the house of God;read more.
The two pillars and the reservoirs, and the capitals upon the head of the two pillars, and the two lattices to cover the two reservoirs of the capitals which were upon the head of the pillars. And four hundred pomegranates to the two lattices; two rows of pomegranates to the one lattice to cover the two reservoirs of the capitals which are upon the face of the pillars. And he made ten bases, and he made wash-basins upon the bases; One sea, and twelve oxen under it And the pots and the shovels and the flesh-hooks, and all their vessels, Huram his father made to king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, of polished brass. In the circuit of Jordan the king will cast them, in the thicknesses of the land between Succoth and between Zeredathah. And Solomon will make all these vessels for a great multitude: for the weight of the brass was not searched out
For only Og, king Of Bashan, remained from the remnant of the Rephaims; behold, his bed, a bed of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits its length and four cubits its breadth, according to the cubit of a man.
For Jehovah thy God brings thee to a good land, a land of torrents of water, fountains, and depths going forth in the valley and in the mountain; A land of wheat and barley and the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate, a land of the olive tree, of oil and honey; A land where thou shalt eat bread in it not with poverty; thou shalt not want any thing in it; a land whose stones, iron, and out of its mountains thou shalt hew out brass.
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Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Brass
And make horns upon its four faces: its horns shall be from it: and spread over it brass.
And make to it a grate a net work of brass; and make upon the net four four brass rings over its four ends.
And king Rehoboam will make instead of them, shields of brass, and he deposited upon the hand of the chiefs of the runners, those watching the entrance of the king's house.
Metals » Comparative value of
Instead of brass I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of woods, brass, and instead of stones, iron: and I set thine overseers peace, and thy rulers justice.
This image, its head of good gold, the breasts and arms of silver, and the bowels and thighs of brass: The legs of iron, the feet part of iron, and part of burnt clay. Thou wert seeing even till a stone was cut out not with hands, and striking against the image upon the feet of iron and burnt clay, and breaking them in pieces. read more.
At that time were beaten small at once, the iron, the burnt clay, the brass, the silver and the gold, and they were as the chaff of the threshing-floor of summer; and the wind lifted them up and all place was not found for them: and the stone striking against the image was for a great rock, and filled all the earth. This the dream, and we will tell its interpretation before the king. Thou, O king, a king of kings: for the God of the heavens gave to thee a kingdom strong and powerful, and splendid. And in all that the sons of men dwelt, the beasts of the open field and the birds of the heavens he gave into thine hand, and gave thee power over them all Thou this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom lower than thee, and another third kingdom of brass, that shall have power over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because that iron beats small, and makes thin all: and as iron breaks all these, it shall beat small and break. And that thou sawest the feet and toes, part of burnt clay of the potter, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; and from the firmness of iron to be in it, for which cause that thou sawest iron mingled with earthen-ware. And the toes of the feet, part of iron, and part of burnt clay, from the end of the kingdom shall be strong, and part shall be cut asunder. That thou sawest the iron mingled with the earthen-ware, mingling for themselves with the seed of men: and not cleaving to them this with this, so as iron not mingling with burnt clay. And in their days that they are kings, the God of the heavens shall set up a kingdom that shall not be destroyed forever: and its kingdom shall be left to another people; it shall beat small and destroy all these kingdoms, and this shall stand forever. Because that thou sawest that the stone being cut from the rock not with hands, and it beat small the iron, the brass, the burnt clay, the silver and the gold: the great God made known to the king what to be after this: and the dream certain, and its interpretation faithful.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Iron
Iron will sharpen upon iron; and a man will sharpen the face of his friend.
And if with an instrument of iron he smote him, the slayer shall die; the slayer he dying. shall die.
Metals » Freed from dross by fire
The gathering silver and brass and iron and lead and alloy to the midst of the furnace to blow the fire upon it, to melt; so will I gather in mine anger and in my wrath, and I put down and melted you.
Son of man, the house of Israel became to me for dross: all they brass and alloy, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they were drosses of silver.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Lead
The bellows were burnt from their fire, the founder melted the lead in vain, and the evil were not plucked up.
Thou didst blow with thy spirit; the sea covered them: they rolled down as lead in the great waters.
Metals » Cast in mold
And he will turn back the silver to his mother; and his mother will take two hundred of silver and will give it to the goldsmith, and he will make it a carved thing and molten: and it will be in the house of Micah.
The bellows were burnt from their fire, the founder melted the lead in vain, and the evil were not plucked up.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Copper
Alexander the coppersmith showed me much evil: (may the Lord give back to him according to his works:)
And twenty goblets of gold to a thousand darics: and different vessels of good shining brass, desirable as gold.
Metals » Dug out of the earth
For there is a going forth for silver, and a place for gold they will purify it Iron shall be taken from the dust, and stone will pour out brass.
Metals » Ceremonially cleansed by fire
And Eleazar the priest will say to the men of war coming from the battle, This the law of instruction which Jehovah commanded Moses: Only the gold and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, Every thing which shall come through fire ye shall make pass through fire, and it was cleansed: only with the water of uncleanness shall it be purified: and all which will not come through the fire ye shall make pass through the water.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Gold
The name of the one, Pison: it is that surrounding all the land Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good. There bdellium and onyx stone.
Metals » The holy land abounded in
A land where thou shalt eat bread in it not with poverty; thou shalt not want any thing in it; a land whose stones, iron, and out of its mountains thou shalt hew out brass.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Tin
Metals » An extensive commerce in
Tarshish thy merchant from the multitude of all riches: in silver, iron, alloy, and lead, they gave thy markets.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Silver
And my cup, the silver cup, thou shalt put in the sack's mouth of the small one, and the silver of his grain; and he will do according to the word which Joseph spake.
Metals » Antiquity of the art of working in
And his brother's name Jubal; he was father of all laying hold of the harp and pipe.
Metals » Clay of jordan used for molding
In the circuit of Jordan the king cast them, in the density of the earth between Succoth and between Zarthan.
Metals » Often mixed with dross
And I will turn back my hand upon thee, end I will straiten thy dross according to pureness, and I will remove all thine alloy:
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Taking Mixed Metals
Joel 3:5For ye took my silver and my gold, and my delights of good things ye brought to your temples.
Trade With Metals
1 Kings 10:22for a ship of Tharshish to the king in the sea with the ship of Hiram: one for three years will come, a ship of Tharshish lifting up gold and silver and ivory and apes and peacocks.