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Exodus 27:1

“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

2 Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

3 Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
KJV
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.
WEB
“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square. Its height shall be three cubits.
ASV
And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
DARBY
And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits.
BLB
[“] And you shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and three cubits its height.
ÅB
Du skal gjøre et alter av akasietre, fem alen langt og fem alen bredt; firkantet skal alteret være og tre alen høyt.
OTB
"Bygg et alter av akasietre, fem alen i lengde og fem alen i bredde; alteret skal være firkantet, med en høyde på tre alen.
B1930
Du skal gjøre et alter av akasietre, fem alen langt og fem alen bredt; firkantet skal alteret være og tre alen høit.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 38:1–7

    Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

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  • Exodus 24:4

    And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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  • Exodus 40:29

    He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:18

    And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

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  • Ezekiel 43:13–17

    These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:

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  • Exodus 40:10

    Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.

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  • Exodus 20:24–26

    You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

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  • Hebrews 13:10

    We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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