Exodus 27:8

8 Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.

Exodus 27:8 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
English Standard Version (ESV)
8 You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.
New Living Translation (NLT)
8 The altar must be hollow, made from planks. Build it just as you were shown on the mountain.
The Message Bible (MSG)
8 Use boards to make the Altar, keeping the interior hollow. The Courtyard
American Standard Version (ASV)
8 Hollow with planks shalt thou make it: as it hath been showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
8 "Make the altar out of boards so that it's hollow inside. It must be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
8 Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. They are to make it just as it was shown to you on the mountain.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
8 "Make the altar out of boards. Make it hollow. You must make it just as I showed you on the mountain.

Exodus 27:8 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 27:8

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it
The frame of it being made of boards of shittim wood, there was nothing within side but the grate, which was put within the square, down into the middle of it, and so was light of carriage; though the Targum of Jonathan, and other Jewish writers, represent this hollow as filled up with dust and earth, to answer to the altar of earth Moses was before bid to make; but this seems quite contrary to the present direction: the hollowness of the altar may denote the emptiness of Christ when he became a sacrifice: he emptied himself, as it were, when he became incarnate, of all his greatness, glory, and riches, and became mean and poor for the sake of his people, that they through his poverty might be made rich, ( Philippians 2:7 Philippians 2:8 ) ( 2 Corinthians 8:9 )

as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it;
or, "as he showed thee" F7, that is, God. Moses had a model of this altar showed him, and he was to be careful to instruct the workmen, and see to it, that they built it exactly according to the model.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 (harh) "fecit videre", Pagninus, Montanus; "ostendit Dominus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius; so Ainsworth.

Exodus 27:8 In-Context

6 Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
7 The poles are to be inserted into the rings so they will be on two sides of the altar when it is carried.
8 Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
9 “Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen,
10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Exodus 25:9; Exodus 25:9,40
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