Exodus 27:5

And put the network under the shelf round the altar so that the net comes half-way up the altar.

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In The King James Version

And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

In Context

4And make a network of brass, with four brass rings at its four angles.

6And make rods for the altar, of hard wood, plated with brass.

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Matthew Henry on Exodus 27:2-9

The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make… Read the whole commentary →

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