Exodus 38:1

Making the altar for entirely burned offerings

1 He made the altar for entirely burned offerings out of acacia wood. The altar was square, seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide. It was four and a half feet high.

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 He made the altar for entirely burned offerings out of acacia wood. The altar was square, seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide. It was four and a half feet high.

2 He made horns for it, one horn on each of its four corners. Its horns were attached to the altar, and he covered it with copper.

3 He made all the altar's equipment: the pails, the shovels, the bowls, the meat forks, and the trays. He made all its equipment out of copper.

4 He made a grate for the altar of copper mesh underneath its bottom edge and extending halfway up to the middle of the altar.

5 He made four rings for each of the four corners of the copper grate to house the poles.