Exodus 27:1-8

1 "Make an altar of acacia wood, four and one- half feet high. It should be square -- seven and one-half feet long and seven and one-half feet wide.

2 Make each of the four corners of the altar stick out like a horn, in such a way that the corners with their horns are all one piece. Then cover the whole altar with bronze.

3 "Use bronze to make all the tools and dishes that will be used on the altar: the pots to remove the ashes, the shovels, the bowls for sprinkling blood, the meat forks, and the pans for carrying the burning wood.

4 "Make a large bronze screen to hold the burning wood, and put a bronze ring at each of the four corners of it.

5 Put the screen inside the altar, under its rim, halfway up from the bottom.

6 "Make poles of acacia wood for the altar, and cover them with bronze.

7 Put the poles through the rings on both sides of the altar to carry it.

8 Make the altar out of boards and leave the inside hollow. Make it as you were shown 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.