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Exodus 38:7

in Exodus 38

Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.

KJV

And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

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This verse in Exodus 38

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

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

inserted the poles into the rings

Exodus 27:8 closes the altar's instruction with the order that it be made as Moses was shown on the mountain. Verse 7 closes the altar's making at the same point, the hollow frame of boards. Albert Barnes reads verses 1 to 7 against that chapter.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיָּבֵ֨אand he put

    vaiyave'H935 →2568 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַבַּדִּ֜יםthe poles

    habadimH905 →200 times

  • בַּטַּבָּעֹ֗תin the rings

    batabaotH2885 →49 times

  • עַ֚לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • צַלְעֹ֣ת[the] sides of

    tzalotH6763 →40 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַthe altar

    hamizbeachH4196 →401 times

  • לָשֵׂ֥אתto carry

    lasetH5375 →656 times

  • אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> it

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • בָּהֶ֑םby <the> them

    bahem

  • נְב֥וּבhollow of

    nevuvH5014 →

  • לֻחֹ֖תboards

    luchotH3871 →43 times

  • עָשָׂ֥הhe made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • אֹתֽוֹ׃ ס<obj.> it

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Corinthians 2:2

    For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

    it leads to

    • Galatians 6:14

      But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

    • 1 Corinthians 1:22–25

      Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

    • John 17:3

      Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

    • Philippians 3:8–10

      More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may…

  • Through

    Acts 9:15

    “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

    it leads to

    • Galatians 1:15–16

      But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

    • Ephesians 3:7–8

      I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 1:24

    but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 1:30

      It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

    • Colossians 2:3

      in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 38 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.

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