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Exodus 27:1

And you shall 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.

Updated King James Version

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

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Cross References

Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 38:1And 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.

Exodus 40:6And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Exodus 40:29And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the food offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

2 Samuel 24:18And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD 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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