Exodus 38:1-11

1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of cedar wood: five cubits was its length and five cubits its breadth; it was square, and its height was three cubits.

2 And he made its horns on the four corners of it; its horns were of the same piece; and he covered it with brass.

3 He made likewise all the vessels of the altar: the pots and the shovels and the basins and the fleshhooks, and the firepans; all its vessels he made of brass.

4 And he made for the altar the brasen grate of network under the circumference thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

5 He also 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 cedar wood and covered them with brass.

7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with; he made the altar hollow with boards.

8 He also made the laver of brass and the base of it of brass, of the looking glasses of the women who were vigilant at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

9 He made the court likewise; on the south side towards the Negev the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;

10 their pillars were twenty with their twenty brasen sockets; the capitals of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

11 And for the side of the Aquilon, the hangings were one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty with their twenty sockets of brass, the capitals of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Exodus 38:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 38

This chapter is a continuation of the account of the making of the things belonging to the tabernacle, particularly the altar of burnt offering, Ex 38:1-7 the laver of brass, and the things it was made of, Ex 38:8 the court and its hangings, pillars, sockets, hooks and pins, Ex 38:9-20 then follows an account of the quantities of gold, silver, and brass, expended in the making of the several things appertaining to the sanctuary, Ex 38:21-31.

Bezaleel made it, or it was made by his direction, he having the care and oversight of it, wherefore the making of it is ascribed to him, 2Ch 1:5 the account of this, its horns, vessels, rings, and staves, is carried on to Ex 38:2-7 of which \\see Gill on "Ex 27:1"\\ \\see Gill on "Ex 27:2"\\ \\see Gill on "Ex 27:3"\\ \\see Gill on "Ex 27:4"\\ \\see Gill on "Ex 27:5"\\ \\see Gill on "Ex 27:6"\\ \\see Gill on "Ex 27:7"\\ \\see Gill on "Ex 27:8"\\. 10593-941108-1338-Ex38.2