And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. Treasury of Scripture staves Numbers 4:14,15 And they shall put on it all the vessels thereof, with which they minister about it, even the censers, the meat hooks, and the shovels... Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings... with gold 1 Peter 1:7,18,19 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire...
Context Constructing The Ark
1And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim 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, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. 4And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 7And he made two cherubim of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; 8One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubim on the two ends thereof. 9And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made bars of setim wood, which he overlaid with gold,
Darby Bible Translation
And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
King James Bible
And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Young's Literal Translation
and he maketh staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold,
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