KJV King James Version
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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Exodus 38:4
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.
WEB World English Bible
He made for the altar a grating of a network of brass, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.
ASV American Standard Version
And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he maketh for the altar a brazen grate of net-work, under its border beneath, unto its midst;
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.
5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, [to be] places for the staves.
6 And he made the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
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וַיַּ֤עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doלַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙H4196 · miz.be.achaltarמִכְבָּ֔רH4345 · makh.bergrateמַעֲשֵׂ֖הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workרֶ֣שֶׁתH7568 · re.shetnetנְחֹ֑שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeתַּ֧חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underכַּרְכֻּבּ֛וֹH3749 · kar.kovledgeמִלְּמַ֖טָּהH4295 · mat.tahbeneathעַד־H5704 · adtillחֶצְיֽוֹ׃H2677 · che.tsihalf
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