Exodus 38:1

And he makes the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood; five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth (square), and three cubits its height;

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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

2and he makes its horns on its four corners; its horns have been of the same; and he overlays it with bronze;

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Cross References

Exodus 30:17And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

Exodus 40:29and he has set the altar of the burnt-offering [at] the opening of the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting, and causes the burnt-offering to go up on it, and the present, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

2 Chronicles 4:1And he makes an altar of bronze: twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.

Ezekiel 43:16And the altar [is] twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four sides.

Romans 8:3for what the Law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh,

Hebrews 3:1For this reason, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and Chief Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

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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