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Good News Translation

Exodus 37:4

He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he made the poles for carrying the Box. He used acacia wood and covered the poles with pure 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.
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 Covenant Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high. 2 He covered it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it. 3 He made four carrying rings of gold for it and attached them to its four feet, with two rings on each side. 4 He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with gold, 5 and put them through the rings on each side of the Box. 6 He made a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. 7 He made two winged creatures of hammered gold, 8 one for each end of the lid. He made them so that they formed one piece with the lid. 9 The winged creatures faced each other across the lid, and their outspread wings covered it.

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 rejected Cain and his offering. Cain became furious, and he scowled in anger.
Genesis 27:41
Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob."
Genesis 37:3
Jacob loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he had been born to him when he was old. He made a long robe with full sleeves for him.
Genesis 37:5
One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
Genesis 37:11
Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the whole matter.
Genesis 37:12
One day when Joseph's brothers had gone to Shechem to take care of their father's flock,
Genesis 37:13
Jacob said to Joseph, "I want you to go to Shechem, where your brothers are taking care of the flock." Joseph answered, "I am ready."
Genesis 37:18
They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against him and decided to kill him.
Genesis 37:19
They said to one another, "Here comes that dreamer.
Genesis 37:24
Then they took him and threw him into the well, which was dry.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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