Exodus 37:28
in Exodus 37And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
KJV
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
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This verse in Exodus 37
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood
on Exodus 37:25-28
The golden altar has horns like the bronze altar, and 30:10 puts blood on them once a year. By 30:6 it stands in front of the veil, so the priests reach it daily while the ark stays hidden.
This site's exposition
overlaid them with gold
The poles carry out 30:5 and, like the altar, were acacia wood overlaid with gold. John Wesley and Matthew Henry read the daily incense as the prayers of the saints and the intercession of Christ. In their reading, Christ's intercession makes those prayers acceptable.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Tho' here was a table furnished, it was only with shew- bread, bread to be looked upon, not to be fed upon, while it was on the table, and afterwards only by the priests: but to the table Christ has spread in the new covenant all good Christians are invited guests, and to them it is said, Eat, O friends, come eat of my bread.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Scripture did not explain these as it did with the others, for according to the way it writes about the others it should have said, “and he took the chief spices, of flowing myrrh etc., 75 Above,:23.
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.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבַּדִּ֖ים | habadim | the poles | H905 → | 200 times |
| עֲצֵ֣י | ʾatzei | wood<s> of | H6086 → | 328 times |
| שִׁטִּ֑ים | shitim | acacia | H7848 → | 28 times |
| וַיְצַ֥ף | vaytzaf | and he overlaid | H6823 → | 47 times |
| אֹתָ֖ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זָהָֽב׃ | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבַּדִּ֖יםthe poles
habadimH905 →200 times
עֲצֵ֣יwood<s> of
ʾatzeiH6086 →328 times
שִׁטִּ֑יםacacia
shitimH7848 →28 times
וַיְצַ֥ףand he overlaid
vaytzafH6823 →47 times
אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
זָהָֽב׃gold
zahavH2091 →389 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.