KJV 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.
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Exodus 27:1
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
WEB World English Bible
“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And thou hast made the altar of shittim wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth—the altar is square—and three cubits its height.
Surrounding context — Exodus 27
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 [of] brass.
4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network [of] brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְעָשִׂ֥יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarעֲצֵ֣יH6086 · etstree: woodשִׁטִּ֑יםH7848 · shit.tahacaciaחָמֵשׁ֩H2568 · cha.meshfiveאַמּ֨וֹתH520 · am.mahcubitאֹ֜רֶךְH753 · o.rekhlengthוְחָמֵ֧שׁH2568 · cha.meshfiveאַמּ֣וֹתH520 · am.mahcubitרֹ֗חַבH7341 · ro.chavwidthרָב֤וּעַH7251 · ra.vato squareיִהְיֶה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beהַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarוְשָׁלֹ֥שׁH7969 · sha.loshthreeאַמּ֖וֹתH520 · am.mahcubitקֹמָתֽוֹ׃H6967 · qo.mahheight
Cross-references
Exodus 38:1-7And 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 20:24-26An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.Exodus 40:10And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.Hebrews 13:10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.Ezekiel 43:13-17And these [are] the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit [is] a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom [shall be] a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about [shall be] a span: and this [shall be] the higher place of the altar.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 meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.2 Chronicles 4:1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.2 Samuel 24:18And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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