Exodus 27:1-9

1 "You are to make the altar of acacia-wood, seven-and-a-half feet long and seven-and-a-half feet wide - the altar is to be square and four-and-a-half feet high.

2 Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece with it; and you are to overlay it with bronze.

3 "Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat-hooks and fire pans; all its utensils you are to make of bronze.

4 Make for it a grate of bronze netting; and on the four corners of the netting, make four bronze rings.

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

6 Make poles of acacia-wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

7 Its poles are to be put into the rings; the poles are to be on both sides of the altar for carrying it.

8 The altar is to be made of planks and hollow inside. They are to make it just as you were shown on the mountain.

9 "Here is how you are to make the courtyard of the tabernacle. On the south side, facing southward, are to be tapestries for the courtyard made of finely woven linen, 150 feet for one side,

Exodus 27:1-9 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.