Exodus 38:1

And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

Revised Version 1895

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 made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with brass.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:17And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Exodus 40:29And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

2 Chronicles 4:1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

Ezekiel 43:16And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.

Romans 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Hebrews 3:1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even 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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