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Exodus 27:2

You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with bronze.

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In The King James Version

And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

In Context

1“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits [7.5 ft; 22.9 m] long, and five cubits [7.5 ft; 22.9 m] wide; the altar shall be square: and its height shall be three cubits [4.5 ft; 13.7 m].

3You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans: all its utensils you shall make of bronze.

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Cross References

Exodus 38:30With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the utensils of the altar,

Leviticus 4:18He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Adonai, that is in the Tent of Meeting; and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 8:15He killed it; and Moses [Drawn out] took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and cleansed sin ·err (the standard goal)· from the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.

Numbers 16:38even the censers of these people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal· against their own lives. Let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before Adonai. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel [God prevails].”

Psalms 118:27Adonai is God, and he has given us light. 2 Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. 1

Matthew Henry on Exodus 27:2-9

The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 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. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make… Read the whole commentary →

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