Exodus 27:1-8

1 "Make an altar out of acacia wood. It is to be square, 7 1/2 feet long and 7 1/2 feet wide, and it is to be 4 1/2 feet high.

2 Make projections at the top of the four corners. They are to form one piece with the altar, and the whole is to be covered with bronze.

3 Make pans for the greasy ashes, and make shovels, bowls, hooks, and fire pans. All this equipment is to be made of bronze.

4 Make a bronze grating and put four bronze carrying rings on its corners.

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

6 Make carrying poles of acacia wood, cover them with bronze,

7 and put them in the rings on each side of the altar when it is carried.

8 Make the altar out of boards and leave it hollow, according to the plan that I showed you 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.