Exodus 27:8
6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
- KJV
- Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
- WEB
- You shall make it hollow with planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.
- ASV
- Hollow with planks shalt thou make it: as it hath been showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
- DARBY
- Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it hath been shewn thee on the mountain, so shall they make [it].
- BLB
- Hollow, of boards, you shall make it; as it was shown you on the mountain; so shall they make [it].
- ÅB
- Alteret skal du gjøre av bord; det skal være hult; som det ble vist deg på fjellet, slik skal det gjøres.
- OTB
- Bygg det hult med planker, slik det ble vist deg på fjellet, slik skal det lages.
- B1930
- Alteret skal du gjøre av bord; det skal være hult; som det blev vist dig på fjellet, således skal det gjøres.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 25:40
And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
Read in contextExodus 25:9
According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Read in contextHebrews 8:5
Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Read in context1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
Read in contextMatthew 15:9
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Read in context1 Chronicles 28:19
All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
Read in contextExodus 26:30–37
And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
Read in contextColossians 2:20–23
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
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