Exodus 30:5
And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et inaurabis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ποιήσεις σκυτάλας ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων, καὶ καταχρυσώσεις αὐτὰς χρυσίῳ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶת הַבַּדִּ֖ים עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב
The Fathers on this verse
St Methodius The Banquet of the Ten Virgins; or Concerning Chastity, Chapter VI
Moreover, it has been handed down that the unbloody altar of God signifies the assembly of the chaste; thus virginity appears to be something great and glorious. Therefore it ought to be preserved undefiled and altogether pure, having no participation in the impurities of the flesh; but it should be set up before the presence of the testimony, gilded with wisdom, for the Holy of holies, sending forth a sweet savour of love to the Lord; for He says, “Thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim-wood shalt thou make it. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold. And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. …