KJV King James Version
And thou shalt make staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
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Exodus 25:13
And thou shalt make staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
WEB World English Bible
You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold,
Surrounding context — Exodus 25
10 And they shall make an ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] in the four corners thereof; and two rings [shall be] in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
13 And thou shalt make staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
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Exodus 37:4And he made staves [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.Numbers 4:14And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, [even] the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.Numbers 4:11And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:Exodus 30:5And thou shalt make the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.Numbers 4:8And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.Exodus 25:28And thou shalt make the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.Exodus 27:6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.Numbers 4:6And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over [it] a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.Exodus 40:20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:1 Chronicles 15:15And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
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