Exodus 27:1

And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And thou shalt make its horns at the four corners thereof; its horns shall be of itself; and thou shalt overlay it with copper.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.

Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 38:1And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, and three cubits the height thereof.

Exodus 40:6And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

Exodus 40:29And he put the altar of burnt-offering at the entrance to the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt-offering and the oblation; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

2 Samuel 24:18And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 27:1

In this chapter directions are given, I. Concerning the brazen altar for burnt-offerings, ver. 1-8 . II. Concerning the court of the tabernacle, with the hangings of it, ver. 9-19 . III. Concerning oil for the lamp, ver. 20, 21 . Read the whole commentary →

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