Exodus 27:6

Exodus 27:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
• New International Version (NIV)Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

Context of Exodus 27:6

4Use bronze to make a square net and rings at each corner. 5Fix this net inside the altar, in the middle, between the top of the altar and the ground. Use acacia wood to make poles for the altar. Cover them with bronze. 7You must put the poles through the rings when you carry the altar. There will be a pole on each of two sides of the altar. 8Use boards to make the altar, so that it is empty inside. You must make it in the way that the Lord showed you on the mountain.

Exodus 27:6 word by word

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ בַדִּים֙ לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ בַּדֵּ֖י עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹתָ֖ם נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• stavesבַּדbad · alone: poleH905
• for the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• shittimשִׁטָּהshiţţâh shiţţîym · acaciaH7848
• woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• and overlayצָפָהtsâphâh · to overlayH6823
• them with brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178

Cross-references for Exodus 27:6

• Exodus 35:13the special table with its poles and all its dishes; the special bread that you will put on the table for the Lord;
• Exodus 30:4Make two gold rings for the altar. Fix them below the gold edge on two opposite sides. They will hold the poles for you to carry the altar.
• Numbers 4:44They recorded them in clans. There were 3,200 men.

Commentaries on Exodus 27:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-8Verses 1-8 (Compare Exodus 38:1-7.) The great altar which stood in the court immediately in front of the tabernacle was commonly called the altar of burnt-offering, because on it were burnt the whole burnt-offerings, and all those parts of the other animal sacrifices which were offered to the Lord. It was also called the brazen altar, because it was covered with bronze, in distinction from the golden altar or altar of incense Exodus 39:38-39; Exodus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8The square altar for burnt offerings, like the tabernacle frames, was made of acacia wood covered with metal. Yet, to match the other features outside the sanctuary, they covered it with bronze (27:2–3; see 27:10, 17, 19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. staves ... rings--Those rings were placed at the side through which the poles were inserted on occasions of removal.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 27:6

• Altar
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Altar
• Hollow
• Acacia
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Four
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Sanctuary

Commentaries on Exodus 27

• 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