Exodus 26:29
in Exodus 26Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
KJV
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
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This verse in Exodus 26
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThou shalt overlay the boards with gold - It is not said how thick the gold was by which these boards, etc., were overlaid; it was no doubt done with gold plates, but these must have been very thin, else the boards, etc., must have been insupportably heavy. The gold was probably something like our gold leaf, but not brought to so great a degree of tenuity.
This site's exposition
bars of shittim wood
on Exodus 26:26-29
Five bars a side hold the boards together, and the middle bar runs from end to end while the others do not. Everything the eye would meet is overlaid with gold, the boards, the rings and the bars alike. The whole frame is built to be taken apart and carried, which Numbers 4 sets out in detail.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold,....
But the builders of the gospel church said, Silver and gold have we none; and yet the glory of their building far exceeded that of the tabernacle, 2 Cor. iii. How much better is wisdom than gold!
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְֽאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַקְּרָשִׁ֞ים | hakerashim | the frames | H7175 → | 51 times |
| תְּצַפֶּ֣ה | tetzapeh | you will overlay | H6823 → | 47 times |
| זָהָ֗ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| טַבְּעֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ | tabeoteihem | rings their | H2885 → | 49 times |
| תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה | taaseh | you will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| זָהָ֔ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| בָּתִּ֖ים | batim | holders | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לַבְּרִיחִ֑ם | laberichim | for the bars | H1280 → | 40 times |
| וְצִפִּיתָ֥ | vetzipita | and you will overlay | H6823 → | 47 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבְּרִיחִ֖ם | haberichim | the bars | H1280 → | 40 times |
| זָהָֽב׃ | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
וְֽאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַקְּרָשִׁ֞יםthe frames
hakerashimH7175 →51 times
תְּצַפֶּ֣הyou will overlay
tetzapehH6823 →47 times
זָהָ֗בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
טַבְּעֹֽתֵיהֶם֙rings their
tabeoteihemH2885 →49 times
תַּעֲשֶׂ֣הyou will make
taasehH6213 →2628 times
זָהָ֔בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
בָּתִּ֖יםholders
batimH1004 →2046 times
לַבְּרִיחִ֑םfor the bars
laberichimH1280 →40 times
וְצִפִּיתָ֥and you will overlay
vetzipitaH6823 →47 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבְּרִיחִ֖םthe bars
haberichimH1280 →40 times
זָהָֽב׃gold
zahavH2091 →389 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
