Exodus 27:6 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 27:6

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

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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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ	ve.'a.Si.ta	and you will make	H6213 →
בַדִּים֙	va.Dim	poles	H905 →
לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ	la.miz.Be.ach	for the altar	H4196 →
בַּדֵּ֖י	ba.Dei	poles of	H905 →
עֲצֵ֣י	'a.Tzei	wood<s> of	H6086 →
שִׁטִּ֑ים	shi.Tim	acacia	H7848 →
וְצִפִּיתָ֥	ve.tzi.pi.Ta	and you will overlay	H6823 →
אֹתָ֖ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃	ne.Cho.shet	bronze	H5178 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 30:4
And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry 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.
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…

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