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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 10:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 10:3 |
King James |
And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| And I made an ark of shittim wood--It appears, however, from Exo 37:1, that the ark was not framed till his return from the mount, or most probably, he gave instructions to Bezaleel, the artist employed on the work, before he ascended the mount--that, on his descent, it might be finished, and ready to receive the precious deposit. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
shittim
That is, acacia. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Shittim wood - See the note on Exo 25:5, and succeeding verses, and on the parallel places in the margin. |
1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,