Exodus 27 · Verse 7

Exodus 27:7

And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
Exodus 27:7, King James Version

Exodus 27:7 in other translations

BSBThe poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.
WEBIts poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when carrying it.
ASVAnd the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it.
YLTAnd the staves have been brought into the rings, and the staves have been on the two sides of the altar in bearing it.
DARBYAnd its staves shall be put into the rings, that the staves may be on both sides of the altar, when it is carried.
BBEAnd put the rods through the rings at the two opposite sides of the altar, for lifting it.
WebsterAnd the staffs shall be put into the rings, and the staffs shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

What does Exodus 27:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 27:6-7

6-7. staves ... rings--Those rings were placed at the side through which the poles were inserted on occasions of removal.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 27:1-8

In the court before the tabernacle, where the people attended, was an altar, to which they must bring their sacrifices, and on which their priests must offer them to God. It was of wood overlaid with brass. A grate of brass was let into the hollow of the altar, about the middle of which the fire was kept, and the sacrifice burnt. It was made of net-work like a sieve, and hung hollow, that the ashes might fall…

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Exodus 27:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהוּבָ֥אve.hu.Va'and it will be putH935
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בַּדָּ֖יוba.Davpoles itsH905
בַּטַּבָּעֹ֑תba.ta.ba.'Otin the ringsH2885
וְהָי֣וּve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961
הַבַּדִּ֗יםha.ba.Dimthe polesH905
עַל\־'al-onH5921
שְׁתֵּ֛יshe.Tei[the] twoH8147
צַלְעֹ֥תtzal.'Ot[the] sides ofH6763
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
בִּשְׂאֵ֥תbis.'Etwhen carryH5375
אֹתֽוֹ\׃'o.To<obj.> itH853

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Cross references for Exodus 27:7

  • Numbers 4:13-14

    And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 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.

  • 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.

  • Exodus 30:4

    And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

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bear it.
25:28; 30:4; Nu 4:13,14

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Context

  • Exodus 27:6

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

  • Exodus 27:7

    And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

  • Exodus 27:8

    Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

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Exodus 27:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y sus varas se meterán por los anillos: y estarán aquellas varas á ambos lados del altar, cuando hubiere de ser llevado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et on fera entrer ses barres dans les anneaux; et les barres seront aux deux côtés de l’autel, pour le porter.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und seine Stangen sollen in die Ringe gebracht werden, daß die Stangen an beiden Seiten des Altars seien, wenn man ihn trägt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et induces per circulos, eruntque ex utroque latere altaris ad portandum.