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Exodus 38:7

He put the rods through the rings at the opposite sides of the altar for lifting it; he made the altar hollow, boarded in with wood.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Bezalel;   Tabernacle;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Burnt-Offering, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Urijah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Table, Tablet;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Altar;   Board;   Hollow;   Plank;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Brass;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
King James Version
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
Lexham English Bible
And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow with boards.
New Century Version
He put the poles through the rings on both sides of the altar, to carry it. He made the altar of boards and left the inside hollow.
New English Translation
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made the altar hollow, out of boards.
Amplified Bible
He put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it; he made it hollow with planks.
New American Standard Bible
Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The which barres he put into the rings on the sides of the altar to beare it withall, & made it hollow within the boardes.
Legacy Standard Bible
He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
Contemporary English Version
put them through the rings for carrying the altar, which was shaped like an open box.
Complete Jewish Bible
He put the carrying-poles into the rings on the sides of the altar; he made it of planks and hollow inside.
Darby Translation
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. Hollow with boards did he make it.
Easy-to-Read Version
He put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it. He used boards to make the sides of the altar. It was hollow, like an empty box.
English Standard Version
And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.
George Lamsa Translation
And put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them; he made the altar hollow with boards.
Good News Translation
and put them in the rings on each side of the altar. The altar was made of boards and was hollow.
Christian Standard Bible®
Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar in order to carry it with them. He constructed the altar with boards so that it was hollow.
Literal Translation
And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, to lift it with them. He made it hollow with planks.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and put them in the rynges by the sydes of the altare, to beare it withall, and made it holowe with bordes.
American Standard Version
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And put the barres into the ringes in the foure corners of the aulter to beare it with all, and made the aulter holowe within the boordes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.
King James Version (1611)
And hee put the staues into the rings on the sides of the Altar, to beare it withall; hee made the Altar hollow with boards.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
one cherub on the one end of the propitiatory, and another cherub on the other end of the propitiatory,
English Revised Version
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made it hollow with planks.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ledde in to the serclis that stonden forth in the sidis of the auter. Forsothe thilke auter was not sad, but holowe of the bildyngis of tablis, and voide with ynne.
Young's Literal Translation
and he bringeth in the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with them; hollow [with] boards he made it.
Update Bible Version
And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he put the staffs into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with; he made the altar hollow with boards.
World English Bible
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
New King James Version
Then he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it. He made the altar hollow with boards.
New Living Translation
He inserted the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar. The altar was hollow and was made from planks.
New Life Bible
He put the long pieces of wood through the rings on each side of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with pieces of wood so it was empty inside.
New Revised Standard
And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it with them; he made it hollow, with boards.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he brought the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the altar, to lift it therewith, - hollow with boards, did he make it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he drew them through the rings that stood out in the sides of the altar. And the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, of boards, and empty within.
Revised Standard Version
And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it with them; he made it hollow, with boards.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.

Contextual Overview

1 The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, 2 And he put horns at its four angles made of the same, plating it all with brass; 3 And brass was used for all the vessels of the altar, the baskets and the spades, the basins and the meat-hooks and the fire-trays; all the vessels he made of brass 4 And he made a network of brass for the altar, under the frame round it, stretching half-way up; 5 And four rings for the four angles of this network, to take the rods. 6 The rods he made of hard wood plated with brass. 7 He put the rods through the rings at the opposite sides of the altar for lifting it; he made the altar hollow, boarded in with wood. 8 And he made the washing-vessel of brass on a brass base, using the polished brass looking-glasses given by the women who did work at the doors of the Tent of meeting.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to bear it withal: Acts 9:15, 1 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Corinthians 2:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:12 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:8
But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
Genesis 19:13
For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.
Genesis 46:12
And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Numbers 26:19
The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.
1 Chronicles 2:3
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.
2 Chronicles 33:6
More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers: he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.
Psalms 55:23
But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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