Exodus 27:6
And make rods for the altar, of hard wood, plated with brass.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
In Context
5And put the network under the shelf round the altar so that the net comes half-way up the altar.
7And put the rods through the rings at the two opposite sides of the altar, for lifting it.
Cross References
Exodus 30:4Under the edge on the two opposite sides, you are to make two gold rings, to take the rods for lifting it.
Numbers 4:44Who were numbered by families, were three thousand, two hundred.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 27:2-9
The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make… Read the whole commentary →