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Atomic Bible
Exodus 25:24
Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
from The Table of Showbread, Exodus 25:23-30
What it says

The table is to be overlaid with pure gold and edged with a gold molding.

What it is doing

It marks the table as a sacred furnishing.

In context

23You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. 24Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. 25And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim. 26Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs. 27The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table. 28Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them. 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. 30And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.