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Atomic Bible
Exodus 37:26
And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold around it.
from The Altar of Incense, Exodus 37:25-29
What it says

He overlays the altar’s top, sides, and horns with pure gold and adds a gold molding around it. The altar receives its finished covering.

What it is doing

It gives the altar its gold surface and border.

In context

25He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece. 26And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold around it. 27He made two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it. 28And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 29He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.