Exodus 38:6
And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
BSB
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.
On 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.
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Exodus 25:6olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
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And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
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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.
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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…
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.
ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
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.
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.
