Exodus 27:1

“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Majority Standard Bible

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 a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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

Exodus 40:6Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

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 Samuel 24:18And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up 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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