Exodus 38:1

The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,

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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.

In Context

2And he put horns at its four angles made of the same, plating it all with brass;

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Cross References

Exodus 30:17And the Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 40:29And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.

2 Chronicles 4:1Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.

Ezekiel 43:16And the fireplace is twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide, square on its four sides.

Romans 8:3For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:

Hebrews 3:1For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

Matthew Henry on Exodus 38:1

Here is an account, I. Of the making of the brazen altar ( ver. 1-7 ), and the laver, ver. 8 . II. The preparing of the hangings for the enclosing of the court in which the tabernacle was to stand, ver. 9-20 . III. A summary of the gold, silver, and brass, that was contributed to, and used in, the preparing of the tabernacle, ver. 21 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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