Exodus 27:6

And make thou staves for the altar, staves of sittin wood, and overlay them with brass;

Targum Onkelos

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 place it under the surrounding of the altar beneath, that the net may extend to the middle of the altar.

7And he shall put the staves into the rings, and the staves shall be at the two sides of the altar to carry it.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:4And two rings of gold shalt thou make to it under its crown, upon its top corners, at its two sides and it shall be for the places of the staves by which to carry it.

Numbers 4:44even they who were numbered by their families, were three thousand and 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 →

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