Exodus 38:6

Exodus 38:6 in other versions

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

Context of Exodus 38:6

4And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. 8And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Exodus 38:6 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ אֶת־הַבַּדִּ֖ים עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וַיְצַ֥ף אֹתָ֖ם נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃Read the interlinear

• And he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• the stavesבַּדbad · alone: poleH905
• shittimשִׁטָּהshiţţâh shiţţîym · acaciaH7848
• woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• and overlaidצָפָהtsâphâh · to overlayH6823
• them with brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178

Cross-references for Exodus 38:6

• Exodus 25:6Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
• Deuteronomy 10:3And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.

Commentaries on Exodus 38:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20This section reports on building the courtyard (38:9–20) and its equipment, including the altar of burnt offering and the bronze basin (38:1–7; 38:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311. the altar of burnt offering--The repetitions are continued, in which may be traced the exact conformity of the execution to the order.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 38:6

• Altar
• Bezalel
• Shittim
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Cunning
• Fillet
• Occupy
• Overlaying
• Altar
• Atonement, Day of
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Exodus 38

• 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