Exodus 38:6
in Exodus 38And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass.
KJV
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
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This verse in Exodus 38
Commentary
3 notes on this verseOn this all their sacrifices were offered, and it was this which, being sanctified itself for this purpose by the divine appointment, sanctified the gift that was in faith offered on it. Christ was himself the altar to his own sacrifice of atonement, and so he is to all our sacrifices of acknowledgment.
This site's exposition
He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze
on Exodus 38:3-7
The altar is hollow and carries rings and staves like the ark. Everything in the court is built to be taken down and carried. Numbers 4:13-14 gives the order for covering this altar and bearing it on the march.
This site's exposition
made the poles of acacia wood
The poles are acacia wood overlaid with bronze, the same two materials as the altar in verses 1 and 2. Exodus 27:6 gave this order in the same terms. Matthew Henry takes such exact work as the mark of faithful workmen.
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 |
| נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 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
נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃bronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 25:6olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
it leads to
- Exodus 27:20
And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- Exodus 40:24–25
He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
- Exodus 30:23–38
“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
- Exodus 27:20
Through
Deuteronomy 10:3So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
it leads to
- Exodus 34:4
So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had…
- Exodus 37:1–9
Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 25:5
ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
- Exodus 25:10
And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Deuteronomy 10:1
At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
- Exodus 34:4
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on 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.