Exodus 27:5

and hast put it under the compass of the altar beneath, and the net hath been unto the middle of the altar.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

In Context

4'And thou hast made for it a grate of net-work of brass, and hast made on the net four rings of brass on its four extremities,

6'And thou hast made staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them [with] brass.

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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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