Exodus 30 · Verse 5

Exodus 30:5

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
Exodus 30:5, King James Version

Exodus 30:5 in other translations

BSBMake the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
WEBYou shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
ASVAnd thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
YLT‘And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;
DARBYAnd thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.
BBEAnd make these rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.
WebsterAnd thou shalt make the staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

What does Exodus 30:5 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 30:1-10

The altar of incense represented the Son of God in his human nature, and the incense burned thereon typified his pleading for his people. The continual intercession of Christ was represented by the daily burning of incense thereon, morning and evening. Once every year the blood of the atonement was to be applied to it, denoting that the intercession of Christ has all its virtue from his sufferings on earth, and that…

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Exodus 30:5 in the original Hebrew

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וְעָשִׂ֥יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will makeH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַבַּדִּ֖יםha.ba.Dimthe polesH905
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 30:5

  • Exodus 25:13

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

  • Exodus 25:27

    Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

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Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 30:5

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

  • Exodus 30:6

    And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

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Exodus 30:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y harás los varales de madera de Sittim, y los cubrirás de oro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et tu feras les barres de bois de sittim, et tu les plaqueras d’or.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und mache die Stangen von Akazienholz und überziehe sie mit Gold.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et inaurabis.