And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 38:6 · retained source text
And he made the staues of Shittim wood, and ouerlayed them with brasse.
KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 25:13
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Every verse containing “staves”
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 38:7 · retained source text
And hee put the staues into the rings on the sides of the Altar, to beare it withall; hee made the Altar hollow with boards.
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 39:35 · retained source text
The Arke of the Testimony, and the staues thereof, and the Mercie seat,
The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 39:39 · retained source text
The brasen altar, and his grate of brasse, his staues, and all his vessels, the lauer and his foote:
¶ And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:20 · retained source text
¶ And he tooke and put the testimony into the Arke, and set the staues on the Arke, and put the Mercie-seat aboue vpon the Arke.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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:
The 1611 reading
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:
Complete reference index — all 45 verses
Exodus 25:13Exodus 25:14Exodus 25:15Exodus 25:27Exodus 25:28Exodus 27:6Exodus 27:7Exodus 30:4Exodus 30:5Exodus 35:12Exodus 35:13Exodus 35:15Exodus 35:16Exodus 37:4Exodus 37:5Exodus 37:14Exodus 37:15Exodus 37:27Exodus 37:28Exodus 38:5Exodus 38:6Exodus 38:7Exodus 39:35Exodus 39:39Exodus 40:20Numbers 4:6Numbers 4:8Numbers 4:11Numbers 4:14Numbers 21:181 Samuel 17:431 Kings 8:71 Kings 8:81 Chronicles 15:152 Chronicles 5:82 Chronicles 5:9Habakkuk 3:14Zechariah 11:7Matthew 10:10Matthew 26:47Matthew 26:55Mark 14:43Mark 14:48Luke 9:3Luke 22:52
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