KJV King James Version
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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Exodus 27:4
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
WEB World English Bible
You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass: and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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,
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.
5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doלּוֹ֙H9033 · ohimמִכְבָּ֔רH4345 · makh.bergrateמַעֲשֵׂ֖הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workרֶ֣שֶׁתH7568 · re.shetnetנְחֹ֑שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeוְעָשִׂ֣יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doעַל־H5921 · aluponהָרֶ֗שֶׁתH7568 · re.shetnetאַרְבַּע֙H702 · ar.bafourטַבְּעֹ֣תH2885 · tab.ba.atringנְחֹ֔שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeעַ֖לH5921 · aluponאַרְבַּ֥עH702 · ar.bafourקְצוֹתָֽיו׃H7098 · qa.tsahend
Cross-references
Exodus 35:16The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,Exodus 25:12And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] in the four corners thereof; and two rings [shall be] in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.Exodus 38:4-5And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
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