KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 38:1
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
WEB World English Bible
He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he maketh the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth (square), and three cubits its height;
Surrounding context — Exodus 38
1 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.
2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, [and] the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he [of] brass.
4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֛עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִזְבַּ֥חH4196 · miz.be.achaltarהָעֹלָ֖הH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringעֲצֵ֣יH6086 · etstree: woodשִׁטִּ֑יםH7848 · shit.tahacaciaחָמֵשׁ֩H2568 · cha.meshfiveאַמּ֨וֹתH520 · am.mahcubitאָרְכּ֜וֹH753 · o.rekhlengthוְחָֽמֵשׁ־H2568 · cha.meshfiveאַמּ֤וֹתH520 · am.mahcubitרָחְבּוֹ֙H7341 · ro.chavwidthרָב֔וּעַH7251 · ra.vato squareוְשָׁלֹ֥שׁH7969 · sha.loshthreeאַמּ֖וֹתH520 · am.mahcubitקֹמָתֽוֹ׃H6967 · qo.mahheight
Cross-references
Exodus 27:1-8And 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 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.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.Hebrews 13:10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.Exodus 40:6And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.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.John 6:37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.Romans 8:3-4For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:Hebrews 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?Hebrews 3:1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;1 Peter 2:5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
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