Exodus 27:6

6 `And thou hast made staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them [with] brass.

Exodus 27:6 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 27:6

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim
wood
Like those that were made for the ark, and for the same purpose:

and overlay them with brass;
with plates of brass, whereas those for the ark were overlaid with gold.

Exodus 27:6 In-Context

4 `And thou hast made for it a grate of net-work of brass, and hast made on the net four rings of brass on its four extremities,

5 and hast put it under the compass of the altar beneath, and the net hath been unto the middle of the altar.

6 `And thou hast made staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them [with] brass.

7 And the staves have been brought into the rings, and the staves have been on the two sides of the altar in bearing it.

8 Hollow with boards thou dost make it, as it hath been shewed thee in the mount, so do they make [it].