Exodus 27:1

And thou shalt make THE ALTAR of sittin woods; five cubits the length and five cubits the breadth; square shall be the altar, and three cubits its height.

Targum Onkelos

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 its horns upon its four corners; of the same shall be its horns, and overlay it with brass.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:15And Mosheh builded an altar, and ministered upon it before the Lord who had wrought (such) miracles for him.

Exodus 24:4And Mosheh wrote all the words of the Lord. And he arose in the morning, and builded an altar at the lower part of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 38:1And be made the ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING of sittin wood; five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, four-square, and three cubits its height.

Exodus 40:6And thou shalt put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of ordinance.

Exodus 40:29and the altar of burnt offering set he at the door of the tabernacle of ordinance, and offered upon it the burnt offering, and the oblation, ( mincha,) as the Lord had commanded Mosheh.

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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