5And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
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Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)I. The orders given concerning the altar of incense are, 1. That it was to be made of wood, and covered with gold, pure gold, about a yard high and half a yard square, with horns at the corners, a golden cornice round it, with rings and staves of gold, for the convenience of carrying it, Exod. 30:1-5. It does not appear that there was any grate to this altar for the ashes to fall into, that they m…
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