Exodus 38:1

The Altar of Burnt Offering

1 They^[a] built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits^[b] high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.^[c]

Exodus 38:1 in Other Translations

1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

1 He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height.

1 Next Bezalel used acacia wood to construct the square altar of burnt offering. It was 7 feet wide, 7 feet long, and 4 feet high.

1 He made the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering from acacia wood. He made it seven and a half feet square and four and a half feet high.

1 And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

1 He made the altar for burnt offerings out of acacia wood 7½ feet square and 4½ feet high.

1 Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide, and was four and a half feet high.

1 The workers made the altar for burnt offerings out of acacia wood. It was four feet six inches high and seven feet six inches square.

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 They built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.

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

3 They made all its utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans.

4 They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar.

5 They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "He" ; also in verses 2-9
• [b]. That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters
• [c]. That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide