Exodus 30:5

Christian Standard Bible ®

Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall make the poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

King James Version
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

Lexham English Bible
You will make the poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with gold.

New Century Version
Make the poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold.

New English Translation
You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Amplified Bible
"You shall make the poles of acacia wood overlaid with gold.

New American Standard Bible
"And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The which barres thou shalt make of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with golde.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Contemporary English Version
These poles are also to be made of acacia wood covered with gold.

Complete Jewish Bible
Make the poles of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

Darby Translation
And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

Easy-to-Read Version
Make the poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold.

English Standard Version
You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

George Lamsa Translation
And you shall make the poles of shittim wood and overlay them with gold.

Good News Translation
Make these poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

Literal Translation
And you shall make the poles of acacia wood; and you shall overlay them with gold.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The staues shalt thou make of Fyrre tre also, and ouerlaye the with golde:

American Standard Version
And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

Bible in Basic English
And make these rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt make the barres of Sittim wood, & couer them with gold.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt make the staues of Shittim wood, and ouerlay them with gold.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

Berean Standard Bible
Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also thou schalt make tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and thou schalt ouergilde;

Young's Literal Translation
`And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;

Update Bible Version
And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt make the staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

World English Bible
You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

New King James Version
You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

New Living Translation
Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

New Life Bible
Make the long pieces of acacia wood and cover them with gold.

New Revised Standard
You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, - and overlay them with gold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

Revised Standard Version
You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Contextual Overview

¹“You are to make an altar for the burning of incense; make it of acacia wood. ²It must be square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide; it must be thirty-six inches high. Its horns must be of one piece with it. ³Overlay its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold; make a gold molding all around it. ⁴Make two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with. ⁵Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.⁶“You are to place the altar in front of the curtain by the ark of the testimony—in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony—where I will meet with you. ⁷Aaron must burn fragrant incense on it; he must burn it every morning when he tends the lamps. ⁸When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn incense. There is to be an incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations. ⁹You must not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt or grain offering; you are not to pour a drink offering on it. ¹⁰“Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns. The altar is especially holy to the Lord.”

Bible Verse Review
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Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 36:31 - General 1 Kings 6:22 - also

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood,.... Of the same wood the altar itself was made:

and overlay them with gold; as that was; these rings and staves may be an emblem of the precious ordinances of Christ, in which he grants his presence; and where he is held forth in different ages and places as the interceding high priest of his people, their advocate with the Father, pleading continually his propitiatory sacrifice in their favour.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 37:25-28; Exodus 40:26-27. The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:18 inches square and three feet in height (taking the cubit as 18 inches), entirely covered with plates of gold. Four “horns” were to project upward at the corners like those of the altar of burnt-offering Exodus 27:2. A crown or moulding of gold was to run round the top. On each of two opposite sides there was to be a gold ring through which the staves were to be put when it was moved from place to place.

Exodus 30:4

By the two corners thereof - Not corners. See the margin. The sense appears to be: And two gold rings shalt thou make for it under its moulding; on its two sides shalt thou make them (i. e. one ring on each side).

Exodus 30:6

The place for the altar of incense was outside the veil, opposite to the ark of the covenant and between the candlestick on the south side and the showbread table on the north Exodus 40:22-24. It appears to have been regarded as having a more intimate connection with the holy of holies than the other things in the holy place; and the mention of the mercy-seat in this verse, if we associate with it the significance of incense as figuring the prayers of the Lord’s people Psalms 141:2; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3-4, seems to furnish additional pound for an inference that the incense altar took precedence of the table of showbread and the candlestick.

Exodus 30:7

The lamps - See Exodus 25:37.

Exodus 30:7-8

The offering of the incense accompanied that of the morning and evening sacrifice. The two forms of offering symbolized the spirit of man reaching after communion with Yahweh, both in act and utterance. See Psalms 141:2.

Exodus 30:9

By this regulation, the symbolism of the altar of incense was kept free from ambiguity. atonement was made by means of the victim on the brazen altar in the court ontside; the prayers of the reconciled worshippers had their type within the tabernacle.

Exodus 30:10

See the marginal references.