Exodus 25:13
They must make two poles from acacia wood, and they must cover them with gold.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 25:28Make two poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. The poles for carrying the table are to be inserted in the rings.
Exodus 30:5Tell them to make these two poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold.
Exodus 40:20Then he/I took the two stone slabs on which the commandments were written and put them in the sacred chest. He/I put the carrying poles in the rings on the chest and put the lid on top of the chest.
Numbers 4:8Over all of this they must spread a scarlet/red cloth. Finally, they must put on top a nice covering made from the skins of goats. Then they must insert into the rings at the corners of the tables the poles for carrying it.
Numbers 4:14Then they must spread on top of the cloth all the items used at the altar—the pans for carrying the hot coals, the meat forks, the shovels, the bowls for containing the blood to sprinkle on the people, and all the other containers. Then they must spread over all those things a nice covering made from the skins of goats. Then they must insert into the rings at the sides of the altar the poles for carrying it.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:11-23
10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →