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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Exodus 37:4

Then he made the poles for carrying the Box. He used acacia wood and covered the poles with pure gold.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Gold;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crown;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Shittim;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He made poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
King James Version
And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Lexham English Bible
And he made poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold.
New Century Version
Then he made poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold.
New English Translation
He made poles of acacia wood, overlaid them with gold,
Amplified Bible
He made carrying poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
New American Standard Bible
And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also he made barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with golde,
Legacy Standard Bible
He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Contemporary English Version
Then he made two poles of acacia wood, covered them with gold,
Complete Jewish Bible
He made poles of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
Darby Translation
And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
English Standard Version
And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold
George Lamsa Translation
And he made poles of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Good News Translation
He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with gold,
Christian Standard Bible®
He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Literal Translation
And he made poles of acacia wood; and he overlaid them with gold.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And made staues of Fyrre tre, and ouerlayed the with golde,
American Standard Version
And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Bible in Basic English
And rods of the same wood plated with gold.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And made barres of Sittim wood, and couered them with golde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold.
King James Version (1611)
And he made staues of Shittim wood, and ouerlaid them with gold.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they put it on four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their chapiters were gold, and their four sockets were silver.
English Revised Version
And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he made barris of the trees of Sechym, whiche barris he clothide with gold,
Young's Literal Translation
and he maketh staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold,
Update Bible Version
And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he made staffs [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
World English Bible
He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
New King James Version
He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
New Living Translation
Then he made poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
New Life Bible
He made long pieces of acacia wood and covered them with gold.
New Revised Standard
He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made bars of setim wood, which he overlaid with gold,
Revised Standard Version
And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

Contextual Overview

1 Bezalel made the Holy Box from acacia wood. The Box was 2 1/2 cubits long, 1 1/2 cubits wide, and 1 1/2 cubits high. 2 He covered the inside and outside of the Box with pure gold. Then he put gold trim around the Box. 3 He made four rings of gold and put them on the four corners. These rings were used for carrying the Box. There were two rings on each side. 4 Then he made the poles for carrying the Box. He used acacia wood and covered the poles with pure gold. 5 He put the poles through the rings on each side of the Box. 6 Then he made the mercy-cover from pure gold. It was 2 1/2 cubits long and 1 1/2 cubits wide. 7 Then Bezalel hammered gold to make two Cherub angels. He put the Cherub angels on each end of the mercy-cover. 8 He put one angel on one end and the other angel on the other end. The angels were joined together with the mercy-cover to make one piece. 9 The wings of the angels were spread up toward the sky. The angels covered the Box with their wings and faced each other, looking toward the mercy-cover.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

staves: Numbers 4:14, Numbers 4:15, Acts 9:15

with gold: 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 1:19

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:13 - General 1 Kings 8:8 - drew out the staves

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
But he did not accept Cain and his offering. Cain was sad because of this, and he became very angry.
Genesis 27:41
After that Esau hated Jacob because of this blessing. Esau said to himself, "My father will soon die, and after we are finished with that, I will kill Jacob."
Genesis 37:3
Joseph was born at a time when his father Israel was very old, so Israel loved him more than he loved his other sons. Jacob gave him a special coat, which was long and very beautiful.
Genesis 37:5
One time Joseph had a special dream. Later, he told his brothers about this dream, and after that his brothers hated him even more.
Genesis 37:11
Joseph's brothers continued to be jealous of him, but his father thought about all these things and wondered what they could mean.
Genesis 37:12
One day Joseph's brothers went to Shechem to care for their father's sheep.
Genesis 37:13
Jacob said to Joseph, "Go to Shechem. Your brothers are there with my sheep." Joseph answered, "I will go."
Genesis 37:18
Joseph's brothers saw him coming from far away. They decided to make a plan to kill him.
Genesis 37:19
They said to each other, "Here comes Joseph the dreamer.
Genesis 37:24
Then they threw him into an empty well that was dry.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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