Exodus 38:1

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

2He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:17And the LORD said to Moses,

Exodus 40:29He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.

2 Chronicles 4:1He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

Ezekiel 43:16The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.

Romans 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

Hebrews 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.

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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