Exodus 25 · Verse 13

Exodus 25:13

And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
Exodus 25:13, King James Version

Exodus 25:13 in other translations

BSBAnd make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
WEBYou shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
ASVAnd thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
YLTand thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold,
DARBYAnd make staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold.
BBEAnd make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.
WebsterAnd thou shalt make staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

What does Exodus 25:13 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 25:10-22

The ark was a chest, overlaid with gold, in which the two tables of the law were to be kept. These tables are called the testimony; God in them testified his will. This law was a testimony to the Israelites, to direct them in their duty, and would be a testimony against them, if they transgressed. This ark was placed in the holy of holies; the blood of the sacrifices was sprinkled, and the incense burned, before it…

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Exodus 25:13 in the original Hebrew

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וְעָשִׂ֥יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will makeH6213
בַדֵּ֖יva.Deipoles ofH905
עֲצֵ֣י'a.Tzeiwood<s> ofH6086
שִׁטִּ֑יםshi.TimacaciaH7848
וְצִפִּיתָ֥ve.tzi.pi.Taand you will overlayH6823
אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
זָהָֽב\׃za.HavgoldH2091

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 25:13

  • Exodus 37:4

    And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

  • Numbers 4:14

    And 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 4:11

    And 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 40:20

    And 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:

  • Numbers 4:6

    And 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:15

    And 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.

  • Exodus 27:6

    And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

  • Exodus 25:28

    And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

  • Numbers 4:8

    And 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 30:5

    And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

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28; 27:6; 30:5; 37:4; 40:20; Nu 4:6,8,11,14; 1Ch 15:15

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Context

  • Exodus 25:12

    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.

  • Exodus 25:13

    And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

  • Exodus 25:14

    And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

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Exodus 25:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y harás unas varas de madera de Sittim, las cuales cubrirás de oro:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu feras des barres de bois de sittim, et tu les plaqueras d’or;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und mache Stangen von Akazienholz und überziehe sie mit Gold.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Facies quoque vectes de lignis setim, et operies eos auro.