Exodus 36:34
in Exodus 36And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
KJV
And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
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This verse in Exodus 36
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
He also made five crossbars of acacia wood
on Exodus 36:31-34
Five bars a side lock the gilded boards into one wall. The frame is pinned and still built to come apart. Numbers 4:31 gives its boards, bars, pillars and sockets to the sons of Merari to carry.
This site's exposition
overlaid the frames with gold
The overlay carries out 26:29. The gold came from the wave offering of 35:22, and 38:24 gives the total of all the gold used for the sanctuary. Jewelry once worn by the people now covered the walls.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
In the building of a house there is a great deal of work about the doors and partitions. In the tabernacle these were answerable to the rest of the fabric; there were curtains for doors, and veils for partitions. There was a veil made for a partition between the holy place, and the most holy,
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
[TO PASS THROUGH.] The word livro’ach (to pass through) is a kal. It has the same meaning as the hifil mavri’ach (pass through).
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 1 further source is cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
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 |
| צִפָּ֣ה | tzipah | he overlaid | H6823 → | 47 times |
| זָהָ֗ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| טַבְּעֹתָם֙ | tabeotam | rings their | H2885 → | 49 times |
| עָשָׂ֣ה | ʾasah | he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| זָהָ֔ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| בָּתִּ֖ים | batim | holders | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לַבְּרִיחִ֑ם | laberichim | for the bars | H1280 → | 40 times |
| וַיְצַ֥ף | vaytzaf | and he overlaid | 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
צִפָּ֣הhe overlaid
tzipahH6823 →47 times
זָהָ֗בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
טַבְּעֹתָם֙rings their
tabeotamH2885 →49 times
עָשָׂ֣הhe made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
זָהָ֔בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
בָּתִּ֖יםholders
batimH1004 →2046 times
לַבְּרִיחִ֑םfor the bars
laberichimH1280 →40 times
וַיְצַ֥ףand he overlaid
vaytzafH6823 →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; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.