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Exodus 36:31-33

He made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward. He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other.

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He made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward. He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other. He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    He made bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

    and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.

    He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other.

  • KJV King James Version

    And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

    And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.

    And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

    and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.

    And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.

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Cross-references (4)

  • Exodus 26:26-29 (v31) “You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side…
  • Exodus 25:28 (v31) You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
  • Exodus 26:26 (v32) “You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
  • Exodus 30:5 (v31) You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v31 Verse 31. He made bars] See Clarke on Ex…

Verse 31. He made bars] See Clarke on Ex 26:26, &c.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v33 Bar, not mentioned, (chap. xxvi. 28,) but specified by…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v32 (32) For the sides westward.—Rather, for the back (of…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv32–33 For the sides westward. The same alteration should be…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v31 Bezalel made ... with gold
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