Exodus 38:1

The Bronze Altar

1 Bezalel constructed ^[a] the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. ^{[b] 1}

Exodus 38:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1-7. And he made the altar of burnt offering
That is,Exodus 38:2

(See Gill on Exodus 38:1).

Exodus 38:1 In-Context

1 Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

2 He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

3 He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.

4 He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

5 At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.

Cross References

• 1. (Exodus 27:1–8)

Footnotes

• [a] Literally He constructed
• [b] The altar was approximately 7.5 feet in length and width, and 4.5 feet high (2.3 meters in length and width, and 1.4 meters high).