Gold was Used for Sacred Utensils
Source: TTT
Exodus 25:29, 38
You 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. / The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
2 Chronicles 4:19–22
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence; / the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; / the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;