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Exodus 27:1

Make an altar of acacia wood. It is to be square and measure five cubits long by five cubits wide by three cubits high.

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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

2Make horns for each of its corners, all one piece with the altar, and cover the whole altar with bronze.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:15Moses built an altar and called it “The Lord is my Banner of Victory.”

Exodus 24:4Moses wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got up early the following morning and built an altar at the bottom of the mountain, and set up twelve pillars for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 38:1Bezalel made the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, and measured five cubits long by five cubits wide by three cubits high.

Exodus 40:6Set up the altar of burnt offering opposite the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Exodus 40:29He set up the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and presented the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

2 Samuel 24:18On that day Gad went to David and told him, “Go and build an altar to the Lord on 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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