Exodus 27:6

'And thou hast made staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them [with] brass.

Young's Literal Translation

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 hast put it under the compass of the altar beneath, and the net hath been unto the middle of the altar.

7And the staves have been brought into the rings, and the staves have been on the two sides of the altar in bearing it.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:4and two rings of gold thou dost make to it under its crown; on its two ribs thou dost make [them], on its two sides, and they have become places for staves, to bear it with them.

Numbers 4:44even their numbered ones, by their families, are 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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