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Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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King James Version

Exodus 38:7

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.

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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
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 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. 6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7 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. 8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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 found grace in the eyes of the Lord .
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
Genesis 19:13
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord ; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
Genesis 46:12
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
Numbers 26:19
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
1 Chronicles 2:3
The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord ; and he slew him.
2 Chronicles 33:6
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord , to provoke him to anger.
Psalms 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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