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Exodus 27:6

in Exodus 27

Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.

KJV

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

This verse in Exodus 27

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar

on Exodus 27:6-8

Poles and rings mean the altar travels, and it is made “with boards so that it is hollow”. Exodus 20:24 and 20:25 had commanded an altar of earth or of uncut stone, and this is a frame built to be carried and filled.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood,.... Like those that were made for the ark, and for the same purpose: and overlay them with brass; with plates of brass, whereas those for the ark were overlaid with gold.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְעָשִׂ֤יתָand you will make

    veasitaH6213 →2628 times

  • בַדִּים֙poles

    vadimH905 →200 times

  • לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַfor the altar

    lamizbeachH4196 →401 times

  • בַּדֵּ֖יpoles of

    badeiH905 →200 times

  • עֲצֵ֣יwood<s> of

    ʾatzeiH6086 →328 times

  • שִׁטִּ֑יםacacia

    shitimH7848 →28 times

  • וְצִפִּיתָ֥and you will overlay

    vetzipitaH6823 →47 times

  • אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them

    ʾotamH853 →10935 times

  • נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃bronze

    nechoshetH5178 →140 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 30:4

    And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 25:27

      The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

    • Exodus 25:12

      Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

    • Exodus 27:7

      The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

  • Through

    Numbers 4:44

    The men registered by their clans numbered 3,200.

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 12:8–12

      To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

    • Deuteronomy 33:25

      May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”

    • Numbers 3:34

      The number of all the males a month old or more was 6,200.

    • 2 Corinthians 12:9–10

      But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…

    • 1 Corinthians 10:13

      No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will…

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.