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Exodus 38:1

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

2 He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

3 He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and 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
Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
KJV
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.
WEB
He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its width was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, and three cubits the height thereof.
BLB
And He made the altar of the burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits its length, and five cubits its width—square—and three cubits its height.
ÅB
Så gjorde han brennoffer-alteret av akasietre, fem alen langt og fem alen bredt, firkantet, og tre alen høyt.
OTB
Brandofferalteret ble laget av akasietre, fem alen langt, fem alen bredt og tre alen høyt, og det dannet en firkant.
B1930
Så gjorde han brennoffer-alteret av akasietre, fem alen langt og fem alen bredt, firkantet, og tre alen høit.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 27:1–8

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

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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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  • 2 Chronicles 4:1

    He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

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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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  • Exodus 40:6

    Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

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  • Revelation 21:16

    The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.

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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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  • Hebrews 13:8

    Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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