1 Then he built the altar for burnt offerings out of acacia wood. The altar was square -- seven and one-half feet long and seven and one-half feet wide -- and it was four and one-half feet high.
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Exodus 38:1 In-Context
1 Then he built the altar for burnt offerings out of acacia wood. The altar was square -- seven and one-half feet long and seven and one-half feet wide -- and it was four and one-half feet high.
2 He made each corner stick out like a horn so that the horns and the altar were joined together in one piece. Then he covered the altar with bronze.
3 He made all the tools of bronze to use on the altar: the pots, shovels, bowls for sprinkling blood, meat forks, and pans for carrying the fire.
4 He made a large bronze screen to hold the burning wood for the altar and put it inside the altar, under its rim, halfway up from the bottom.
5 He made bronze rings to hold the poles for carrying the altar, and he put them at the four corners of the screen.