Exodus 38:7
Good News Translation
and put them in the rings on each side of the altar. The altar was made of boards and was hollow.

New Revised Standard Version
And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it with them; he made it hollow, with boards.

Contemporary English Version
put them through the rings for carrying the altar, which was shaped like an open box.

New American Bible
The poles were put through the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. The altar was made in the form of a hollow box.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he drew them through the rings that stood out in the sides of the altar. And the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, of boards, and empty within.

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And he drew them through the rings that stood out in the sides of the altar. And the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, of boards, and empty within.

to bear it withal

Acts 9:15 And the Lord said to him: Go thy way: for this man is to me a vessel of election, to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.

1 Corinthians 1:24 But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 2:2 For I judged not myself to know anything among you, but Jesus Christ: and him crucified.

Context
The Altar of Burnt Offering
6And he made the bars of setim wood, and overlaid them with plates of brass: 7And he drew them through the rings that stood out in the sides of the altar. And the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, of boards, and empty within.
Cross References
Exodus 38:6
And he made the bars of setim wood, and overlaid them with plates of brass:

Exodus 38:8
He made also the laver of brass, with the foot thereof, of the mirrors of the women that watched at the door of the tabernacle.

Exodus 38:6
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