Exodus 38:3

3 And he made all the equipment of the altar--the pots and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls and the forks and the fire pans--all its equipment he made [with] bronze.

Exodus 38:3 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 38:3

(See Gill on Exodus 38:1).

Exodus 38:3 In-Context

1 And he made the burnt-offering altar of acacia wood; its length [was] five cubits, and its width [was] five cubits--[it was] square--and its height [was] three cubits.
2 And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were {of one piece with it}; and he overlaid it [with] bronze.
3 And he made all the equipment of the altar--the pots and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls and the forks and the fire pans--all its equipment he made [with] bronze.
4 And he made for the altar a grating, a work of bronze network under its ledge, below, up to its middle.
5 And he cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating [as] {holders} for the poles.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. 1 Samuel 2:13 mentions a fork with "three teeth" used by priests
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