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Exodus 37:4

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 37:4 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Exodus 37:4 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 37

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
2and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
3And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet thereof; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
4And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
5And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half [was] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
7And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“staves: Num 4:14, Num 4:15; Act 9:15 with gold: Pe1 1:7, Pe1 1:18, Pe1 1:19 Exodus 37:5”
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