Exodus 27:1

And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 the horns on the four corners; the horns shall be of the same piece, and thou shalt overlay them with brass.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge.

Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and set up twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 38:1And Bezalel made the ark,

Exodus 40:6And thou shalt put the altar of burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness,

Exodus 40:29And he put the altar of the burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle.

2 Samuel 24:18And Gad came to David in that day, and said to him, Go up, and set up to the Lord an altar 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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