KJV King James Version
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make [it].
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Exodus 27:8
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make [it].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
WEB World English Bible
You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.
ASV American Standard Version
Hollow with planks shalt thou make it: as it hath been showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Hollow with boards thou dost make it, as it hath been shewed thee in the mount, so do they make it.
Surrounding context — Exodus 27
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.
8 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.
11 And likewise for the north side in length [there shall be] hangings of an hundred [cubits] long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets [of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver.
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Exodus 25:40And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.Exodus 25:9According 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].Hebrews 8:5Who 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.Colossians 2:20-23Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,Exodus 26:30-37And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.1 Chronicles 28:11Then 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,Matthew 15:9But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.1 Chronicles 28:19All [this, said David], the LORD made me understand in writing by [his] hand upon me, [even] all the works of this pattern.
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