Exodus 27:1-8

1 "You are to make the altar of acacia-wood, seven-and-a-half feet long and seven-and-a-half feet wide - the altar is to be square and four-and-a-half feet high.

2 Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece with it; and you are to overlay it with bronze.

3 "Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat-hooks and fire pans; all its utensils you are to make of bronze.

4 Make for it a grate of bronze netting; and on the four corners of the netting, make four bronze rings.

5 Put it under the rim of the altar, so that the netting reaches halfway up the altar.

6 Make poles of acacia-wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

7 Its poles are to be put into the rings; the poles are to be on both sides of the altar for carrying it.

8 The altar is to be made of planks and hollow inside. They are to make it just as you were shown on the mountain.

Exodus 27:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 27

This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things relative to it, Ex 27:1-8, of the court of the tabernacle, its hangings on each side, with pillars, sockets, and hooks for them, Ex 27:9-19 and it is concluded with an order to the Israelites to bring oil olive for the lamp of the sanctuary, Ex 27:20,21.