Exodus 37:4

Exodus 37:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold
• New King James Version (NKJV)He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Context of Exodus 37:4

2And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a border of gold upon it round about. 3And he cast for it four rings of gold, for its four corners: two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold. 5And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark. 6— And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Exodus 37:4 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ בַּדֵּ֖י עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וַיְצַ֥ף אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב׃Read the interlinear

• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• overlaidצָפָהtsâphâh · to overlayH6823
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for Exodus 37:4

• Numbers 4:14and they shall put upon it all the utensils thereof, wherewith they perform service about it: the firepans, the forks, and the shovels, and the bowls, — all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skin, and put its staves [to it].
• Acts 9:15And the Lord said to him, Go, for this [man] is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and [the] sons of Israel:
• 1 Peter 1:7that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in [the] revelation of Jesus Christ:

Commentaries on Exodus 37:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29It says that Bezalel made the ark of the covenant and all the furnishings, as well as the courtyard and its furnishings (37:1, 10, 17, 25; 38:1, 8, 9, 18). But this probably means he was in charge and guided the other craftsmen and seamstresses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-291. Bezaleel made the ark--The description here given of the things within the sacred edifice is almost word for word the same as that contained in Ex 25:1-40. It is not on that account to be regarded as a useless repetition of minute particulars; for by the enumeration of these details, it can be seen how exactly everything was fashioned according to the "pattern shown on the mount" [Ex 25:40]; and the knowledge of this exact correspondence between the…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 37:4

• Ark
• Gold

In the dictionaries

• Ark
• Atonement, Day of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Pentateuch
• Septuagint
• Tabernacle
• Wanderings of Israel
• Handicraft

Commentaries on Exodus 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings