Exodus 25:11

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Exodus 25:11 (WEB)
You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

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§2130Article 1 · The First CommandmentRead at vatican.va
“Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Num 21:4-9; Wis 16:5-14; Jn 3:14-15; Ex 25:10-22; 1 Kings 6:23-28; 7:23-26.

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Jerome, Letters Letter 22
“Like the ark of the covenant Christ’s spouse should be overlaid with gold within and without; she should be the guardian of the law of the Lord.” — editor's note: Ex. xxv. 11.
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