Exodus 25:13

13 Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

Exodus 25:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:13

And thou shall make staves of shittim wood
Of the same, wood the ark was made of, see ( Exodus 25:5 Exodus 25:10 ) and overlay them with gold; cover them with plates of gold, so that they appeared to be all of gold, the wood being not to be seen.

Exodus 25:13 In-Context

11 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, within and without; and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about:
12 And four golden rings, which thou shalt put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other.
13 Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.
14 And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them:
15 And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.
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