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Exodus 38:6

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He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
Exodus 38:6 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass.
  • KJV And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
  • BSB And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
  • NKJV And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze.
  • NLT He made the poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

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Quick answer

The carrying poles were made of acacia wood overlaid with bronze. They were used to transport the altar.

Overview

The bronze-covered poles matched the bronze altar of the courtyard. Their making completed the altar's portability for the journey. The construction matches Exodus 27:6.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Deut 10:3So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two stone tablets like the first, and went up onto the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.
  • Exod 25:6oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (4)
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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 38:6 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 he madeעָשָׂהthe stavesבַּדof shittimשִׁטָּהwoodעֵץand overlaidצָפָהthem with brassנְחֹשֶׁת
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