'Gold' in the Bible

For every woman will get from her neighbour and from the woman living in her house, ornaments of silver and gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and your daughters; you will take the best of their goods from the Egyptians.

So go now and give orders to the people that every man and every woman is to get from his or her neighbour ornaments of silver and of gold.

And the children of Israel had done as Moses had said; and they got from the Egyptians ornaments of silver and of gold, and clothing:

Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.

And this is the offering you are to take from them: gold and silver and brass;

It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round it

And make four rings of gold for it, to be fixed on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two on the other.

And make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.

And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,

Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it;

And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame.

And make four gold rings and put them at the four angles, on the four feet of the table;

Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.

And make the table-vessels, the spoons and the cups and the basins for liquids, all of the best gold.

And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.

The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.

And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold.

A talent of gold will be needed for it, with all these vessels.

Then make fifty gold hooks, joining the curtains together by the hooks, and in this way the House will be made.

And the boards are to be plated with gold, having gold rings for the rods to go through: and the rods are to be plated with gold.

Hanging it by gold hooks from four pillars of wood, plated with gold and fixed in silver bases.

And make five pillars for the curtain, of hard wood plated with gold; their hooks are to be of gold and their bases of brass

They are to take the gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen,

And make the ephod of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen, the work of a designer.

And the beautifully worked band, which goes on it, is to be of the same work and the same material, of gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work.

With the work of a jeweller, like the cutting of a stamp, the names of the children of Israel are to be cut on them, and they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.

And you are to make twisted frames of gold;

And two chains of the best gold, twisted like cords; and have the chains fixed on to the frames.

And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

The fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.

And you are to make two chains of gold, twisted like cords, to be fixed to the priest's bag.

And put two gold rings on the two ends of the bag.

Put the two gold chains on the two rings at the ends of the bag;

Joining the other ends of the chains to the gold frames and putting them on the front of the ephod, at the top of the arms.

Then make two gold rings and put them on the lower ends of the bag, at the edge of it on the inner side nearest to the ephod.

And make two more gold rings and put them on the front of the ephod at the top of the arms, at the join, over the worked band:

And round the skirts of it put fruits in blue and purple and red, with bells of gold between;

A gold bell and a fruit in turn all round the skirts of the robe.

You are to make a plate of the best gold, cutting on it, as on a stamp, these words: HOLY TO THE LORD.

It is to be plated with the best gold, the top of it and the sides and the horns, with an edging of gold all round it.

Under the edge on the two opposite sides, you are to make two gold rings, to take the rods for lifting it.

And make these rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.

To do all sorts of delicate work in gold and silver and brass;

Then Aaron said to them, Take off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives and your sons and your daughters, and give them to me.

And all the people took the gold rings from their ears and gave them to Aaron.

And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image of a young ox: and they said, This is your god, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

Then I said to them, Whoever has any gold, let him take it off; so they gave it to me, and I put it in the fire, and this image of an ox came out.

Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;

Take from among you an offering to the Lord; everyone who has the impulse in his heart, let him give his offering to the Lord; gold and silver and brass;

They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord.

As an expert designer of beautiful things, working in gold and silver and brass;

And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.

All the boards were plated with gold, and the rings through which the rods went were of gold, and the rods were plated with gold.

And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.

And five pillars for the curtain, with their hooks; the heads of the pillars were of gold and they were circled with bands of gold; and their five bases were of brass.

Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.

And he made four gold rings for its four angles, two on one side and two on the other,

And rods of the same wood plated with gold.

And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

And he made two winged ones, hammered out of one bit of gold, for the two ends of the cover;

Plating it with the best gold and putting a gold edge all round it.

And he made a frame all round it about as wide as a man's hand, edged with gold all round.

And he made four gold rings, and put the rings at the angles of its four feet.

The rods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.

And all the table-vessels, the plates and spoons and basins and the cups for liquids, he made of the best gold.

Then he made the support for the lights, all of the best gold; its base and its pillar were of hammered gold; its cups and buds and flowers were all made out of the same metal:

The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.

And he made the seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.

A talent of the best gold was used for the making of it and its vessels.

The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.

And he made two gold rings, placing them on the two opposite sides under the edge, to take the rods for lifting it.

The rods he made of the same hard wood, plating them with gold.

The gold used for all the different work done for the holy place, the gold which was given, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;

Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.

And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.

The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red.

In the fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they were fixed in twisted frames of gold.

And on the bag they put gold chains, twisted like cords.

And they made two gold frames and two gold rings, the rings being fixed to the ends of the priest's bag;

And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two lower ends of the bag, on the inner side nearest to the ephod.

And two other gold rings were put on the front of the ephod, over the arm-holes, at the join, and over the worked band.

And between the fruits all round the skirt they put gold bells, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

The plate for the holy crown was made of the best gold, and on it were cut these words, HOLY TO THE LORD.

And the gold altar, and the holy oil, and the sweet perfume for burning, and the curtain for the doorway of the tent;

And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.

And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil: