Holy Scripture
1 Kings 6:21
A church father on this verse
“The gold leaf with which the house was covered is the manifold works of piety that pure love exhibits in the service either of its Creator or of a brother's need. The gold nails with which the gold leaf was attached are the very precepts of charity or promises of eternal glory through which by the gift of the grace of…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
21in front of the oracle, and covered it with gold.
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In context
19in front of the oracle in the midst of the house within, in order to put there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
20The length was twenty cubits, and the breadth was twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with perfect gold, and he made an altar
— 1 Kings 6:21 —
22And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished gilding the whole house.
23And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.