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Exodus 38:1 KJV
Exodus · chapter 38 · verse 1
And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.Exodus 38:1 · King James Version
Exodus 38:1 in context
1And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
2And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
3And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- foursquarerâbaʻto be quadrateH7251 →
- offeringʻôlâha step orH5930 →
- shittimshiṭṭâhthe acaciaH7848 →
- breadthrôchabwidthH7341 →
- cubitsʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
- lengthʼôreklengthH753 →
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Bezaleel having finished the gold-work, which, though the richest, yet was ordered to lie most out of sight, in the tabernacle itself, here goes on to prepare the court, which lay open to the view of all. Two things the court was furnished with, and both made of brass: - I. An altar of burnt-offering, Exo 38:1-7.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8