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Exodus 30:5

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Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
Exodus 30:5 · New Living Translation
Parallel translations
  • WEB You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
  • KJV And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
  • BSB Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
  • NKJV You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
  • NASB And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

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Quick answer

The carrying poles were of acacia wood overlaid with gold. The same careful, consecrated craftsmanship applied even to the supporting parts.

Overview

Acacia wood overlaid with gold appears throughout the tabernacle furnishings, combining durability with glory. Nothing connected to God's worship was treated as ordinary or unworthy. This consistent holiness reminds us that in Christ even the seemingly small parts of service are sanctified for God's glory (1 Corinthians 10:31).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Exod 25:13You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
  • Exod 25:27the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (3)
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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.

How Exodus 30:5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And thou shalt makeעָשָׂהthe stavesבַּדof shittimשִׁטָּהwoodעֵץand overlayצָפָהthem with goldזָהָב
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