Exodus 27:6
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood,—and shalt overlay them with copper.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 30:4And, two rings of gold, shalt thou make to it, under the border thereof upon the two corners thereof, shalt thou make them on the two sides thereof,—so shall they become receptacles for the staves, to lift it therewith.
Numbers 4:44yea they who were numbered of them, by their families, were found to be—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 →