Exodus 38:1 “Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It w…”

Exodus 38:1

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

World English Bible

He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its width was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.

American Standard Version

And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also he made the altar of the burnt offering of Shittim wood: fiue cubites was the length therof, and fiue cubites the breadth thereof: it was square and three cubites hie.

Darby Translation

And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, and three cubits the height thereof.

Young's Literal Translation

And he maketh the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth (square), and three cubits its height;

Bible in Basic English

The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,

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Cross references

“the altar”

Exodus 27:1–8 Exodus 40:6 Exodus 40:29 2 Chronicles 4:1 Ezekiel 43:13–17 Hebrews 13:10

Exodus 27:1–8 · BSB

“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Exodus 40:6 · BSB

Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Exodus 40:29 · BSB

He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.

2 Chronicles 4:1 · BSB

He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

Ezekiel 43:13–17 · BSB

These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:

Hebrews 13:10 · BSB

We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

“foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof”

Revelation 21:16 John 6:37 Hebrews 13:8 Ezekiel 43:16

Revelation 21:16 · BSB

The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.

John 6:37 · BSB

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

Hebrews 13:8 · BSB

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Ezekiel 43:16 · BSB

The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

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