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Exodus 36

Ex. 36:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he overlaid
tsaphah (Hebrew #6823)
to sheet over (especially with metal)
KJV usage: cover, overlay.
Pronounce: tsaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root (probably identical with 6822 through the idea of expansion in outlook, transferring to action)
the boards
qeresh (Hebrew #7175)
a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of a ship
KJV usage: bench, board.
Pronounce: keh'-resh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to split off
with gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
, and made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
their rings
tabba`ath (Hebrew #2885)
properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
KJV usage: ring.
Pronounce: tab-bah'-ath
Origin: from 2883
of gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
to be places
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
for the bars
briyach (Hebrew #1280)
a bolt
KJV usage: bar, fugitive.
Pronounce: ber-ee'-akh
Origin: from 1272
, and overlaid
tsaphah (Hebrew #6823)
to sheet over (especially with metal)
KJV usage: cover, overlay.
Pronounce: tsaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root (probably identical with 6822 through the idea of expansion in outlook, transferring to action)
the bars
briyach (Hebrew #1280)
a bolt
KJV usage: bar, fugitive.
Pronounce: ber-ee'-akh
Origin: from 1272
with gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 36:34• 34And he overlaid the boards with gold; and made their rings of gold as receptacles for the bars; and overlaid the bars with gold. (Ex. 36:34)
• The boards, the ark and all the furniture in the tabernacle were hidden from outside view. It was therefore only visible to the priests and to the eye of God. To the eye of man the divine glory of our Lord’s humanity was hidden, veiled, save as faith saw beneath the cover of humiliation. But to God this is reversed. The acacia wood is covered over with gold. He beholds His co-equal Son in the depths of His humiliation; even on the cross it is His “Fellow” who was smitten (Zech. 13:7). (“The Gold Upon the Wood” by S. Ridout)
• The boards, the ark and all the furniture in the tabernacle were hidden from outside view. It was therefore only visible to the priests and to the eye of God. To the eye of man the divine glory of our Lord’s humanity was hidden, veiled, save as faith saw beneath the cover of humiliation. But to God this is reversed. The acacia wood is covered over with gold. He beholds His co-equal Son in the depths of His humiliation; even on the cross it is His “Fellow” who was smitten (Zech. 13:7). (“The Gold Upon the Wood” by S. Ridout)
• But “the gold of that land is good” (Gen. 2:12). It is only when prostituted to evil uses that any of God’s creatures become a source of evil; and gold, as the most precious thing man has, is fittingly an emblem of the divine prerogatives, which he falsely gives to his idol. Gold, then, is a figure of the glory of God, of His attributes of righteousness, holiness, wisdom, power, goodness and truth—everything that is suggested by the purity, brightness and value of the metal. (“The Gold Upon the Wood” by S. Ridout)
• In the book of Revelation the heavenly city is described as “having the glory of God;” “and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass;” “and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass” (Rev. 21:11, 18, 21). Thus where God is fully manifest in all His glory the figure used to express that majesty, which none can fully know, is gold. We are thus justified in the thought that gold is a figure of the divine glory of the Son of God, just as the acacia wood tells us of His perfect humanity. (“The Gold Upon the Wood” by S. Ridout)
• In the very book from which we learn how God was making use of gold to set forth His glory, we read of the golden calf, made and worshiped as a representation of Jehovah, linking God’s holy name with the idolatrous worship. The golden calf is to the people not only an emblem of deity, but they worship it as their god (Ex. 32:3-4). (“The Gold Upon the Wood” by S. Ridout)
• It is most wonderful to see how, as we might say, the gold takes the form of the acacia wood which it overlays. Truly the “form of a servant” was never in the Father’s eyes a veil to the divine glory which was ever before Him. Perhaps this is more vividly seen in our next quotation than in almost any other portion of Scripture: “He weakened My strength in the way; He shortened My days. I said, O My God, take Me not away in the midst of My days” (Psa. 102:23, 24).... What reply can be given to such devotedness which, in the face of such a death can say, “Not My will, but Thine be done?” “Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed: but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end” (Psa. 102:25-27). What more absolute statement could there be of the deity of this Holy One? He is the Eternal, the Unchanging, the Creator of all things, which shall pass away while He shall abide. (“The Gold Upon the Wood” by S. Ridout)
• Faith even now sees “Jesus crowned with glory and honor” (Heb. 2:9). Thus the place for the display of the gold is in the glory. So it fittingly adorns only the interior of the sanctuary. But faith enters with boldness and sees Him on the throne, and everyone who is born of God believes “that Jesus is the Son of God” (1 John 5:5). (“The Gold Upon the Wood” by S. Ridout)
• The gold of these rings speaks of the divine character of this tie—born, not of blood, nor of man’s, nor of flesh’s will, but of God. And the three rings would speak of the full manifestation of God in this blessed union. (“The Sockets and the Boards” by S. Ridout)
• Faith is ever occupied with Him, never with ourselves. It is of “the man in Christ” that we can glory and not in ourselves (2 Cor. 12:2, 5). The golden boards ever speak of Him, but, through divine grace, His people are “in Him,” and thus are made “the righteousness of God.” (“The Sockets and the Boards” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he overlaid the boards with gold; and made their rings of gold as receptacles for the bars; and overlaid the bars with gold.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he overlaid the boards with gold; and made their rings of gold as receptacles for the bars; and overlaid the bars with gold.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)