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staves

Meaning of “staves”

Plural of staff: long rods, poles, or clubs, including poles used for carrying and staffs used for walking or shepherding.

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49 occurrences45 verses11 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 25:13

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Numbers 4:6
And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 4:6 · retained source text

And shall put thereon the couering of badgers skinnes, & shall spread ouer it a cloth wholly of blew, and shall put in the staues thereof.

Numbers 4:8
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 4:8 · retained source text

And they shall spread vpon them a clothe of scarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and shall put in the staues thereof.

Numbers 4:11
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 4:11 · retained source text

And vpon the golden Altar they shall spread a cloth of blew, and couer it with a couering of badgers skinnes, and shall put to the staues thereof.

Numbers 4:14
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 4:14 · retained source text

And they shall put vpon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, euen the censers, the fleshhookes, and the shouels, and the basons, all the vessels of the Altar: and they shall spread vpon it a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the staues of it.

1611 marginal noteOr, bowles.

Numbers 21:18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
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1611 witness · Numbers 21:18 · retained source text

The Princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the Law-giuer, with their staues. And from the wildernesse they went to Mattanah:

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