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Selected Verse: Exodus 27:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 27:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And thou shalt make [06213] an altar [04196] of shittim [07848] wood [06086], five [02568] cubits [0520] long [0753], and five [02568] cubits [0520] broad [07341]; the altar [04196] shall be foursquare [07251]: and the height [06967] thereof shall be three [07969] cubits [0520]. |
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King James |
And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
ALTAR FOR BURNT OFFERING. (Exo. 27:1-21)
altar of shittim wood--The dimensions of this altar which was placed at the entrance of the sanctuary were nearly three yards square, and a yard and a half in height. Under the wooden frame of this chest-like altar the inside was hollow, and each corner was to be terminated by "horns"--angular projections, perpendicular or oblique, in the form of horns. The animals to be sacrificed were bound to these (Psa 118:27), and part of the blood was applied to them. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
altar
Brazen altar, type of the Cross upon which Christ, our whole burnt-offering offered Himself without spot to God (Heb 9:14).
height
(Cf) (Exo 25:10). The altar of burnt offering is double the height of the mercy-seat. The atonement more than saves us -- it glorifies God (Joh 17:14).
shittim
That is, acacia.
wood
The wood (Christ's humanity), completely inclosed in brass, must have become completely charred by sacrificial fires.
Compare (Heb 10:5-7). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Altar of Burnt-Offering (cf. Exo 38:1-7). - "Make the altar (the altar of burnt-offering, according to Exo 38:1) of acacia-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad (רבוּע "foured," i.e., four-sided or quadrangular), and three cubits high. At its four corners shall its horns be from (out of) it," i.e., not removable, but as if growing out of it. These horns were projections at the corners of the altar, formed to imitate in all probability the horns of oxen, and in these the whole force of the altar was concentrated. The blood of the sin-offering was therefore smeared upon them (Lev 4:7), and those who fled to the altar to save their lives laid hold of them (vid., Exo 21:14, and Kg1 1:50; also my commentary on the passage). The altar was to be covered with copper or brass, and all the things used in connection with it were to be made of brass. These were, - (1) the pans, to cleanse it of the ashes of the fat (Exo 27:3 : דּשּׁן, a denom. verb from דּשׁן the ashes of fat, that is to say, the ashes that arose from burning the flesh of the sacrifice upon the altar, has a privative meaning, and signifies "to ash away," i.e., to cleanse from ashes); (2) יעים shovels, from יעה to take away (Isa 28:17); (3) מזרקות, things used for sprinkling the blood, from fzarq to sprinkle; (4) מזלגות forks, flesh-hooks (cf. מזלג Sa1 3:13); (5) מחתּת coal-scoops (cf. Exo 25:38). וגו לכל־כּליו: either "for all the vessels thereof thou shalt make brass," or "as for all its vessels, thou shalt make (them) of brass." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| As God intended in the tabernacle to manifest his presence among his people, so there they were to pay their devotions to him; not in the tabernacle itself, into that only the priests entered as God's domestic servants, but in the court before the tabernacle, where, as common subjects they attended. There an altar was ordered so be set up, to which they must bring their sacrifices; and this altar was to sanctify their gifts; from hence they were to present their services to God, as from the mercy - seat he gave his oracles to them; and thus a communion was settled between God and Israel. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Thou shalt make an altar - מזבח mizbeach, from זבח zabach, to slay: Septuagint, θυσιαστηριον, from θυσιαζω, to sacrifice or from θυω to kill, etc. See Clarke's note on Gen 8:20.
Four square - As this altar was five cubits long and five broad, and the cubit is reckoned to be twenty-one inches, hence it must have been eight feet nine inches square, and about five feet three inches in height, the amount of three cubits, taken at the same ratio. |
27 God [0410] is the LORD [03068], which hath shewed us light [0215]: bind [0631] the sacrifice [02282] with cords [05688], even unto the horns [07161] of the altar [04196].
5 Wherefore [1352] when he cometh [1525] into [1519] the world [2889], he saith [3004], Sacrifice [2378] and [2532] offering [4376] thou wouldest [2309] not [3756], but [1161] a body [4983] hast thou prepared [2675] me [3427]:
6 In burnt offerings [3646] and [2532] sacrifices for [4012] sin [266] thou hast had [2106] no [3756] pleasure [2106].
7 Then [5119] said I [2036], Lo [2400], I come [2240] (in [1722] the volume [2777] of the book [975] it is written [1125] of [4012] me [1700],) to do [4160] thy [4675] will [2307], O God [2316].
14 I [1473] have given [1325] them [846] thy [4675] word [3056]; and [2532] the world [2889] hath hated [3404] them [846], because [3754] they are [1526] not [3756] of [1537] the world [2889], even as [2531] I [1473] am [1510] not [3756] of [1537] the world [2889].
10 And they shall make [06213] an ark [0727] of shittim [07848] wood [06086]: two cubits [0520] and a half [02677] shall be the length [0753] thereof, and a cubit [0520] and a half [02677] the breadth [07341] thereof, and a cubit [0520] and a half [02677] the height [06967] thereof.
14 How much [4214] more [3123] shall [2511] the blood [129] of Christ [5547], who [3739] through [1223] the eternal [166] Spirit [4151] offered [4374] himself [1438] without spot [299] to God [2316], purge [2511] your [5216] conscience [4893] from [575] dead [3498] works [2041] to [1519] serve [3000] the living [2198] God [2316]?
38 And the tongs [04457] thereof, and the snuffdishes [04289] thereof, shall be of pure [02889] gold [02091].
13 For I have told [05046] him that I will judge [08199] his house [01004] for [05704] ever [05769] for the iniquity [05771] which he knoweth [03045]; because his sons [01121] made themselves vile [07043], and he restrained [03543] them not.
17 Judgment [04941] also will I lay [07760] to the line [06957], and righteousness [06666] to the plummet [04949]: and the hail [01259] shall sweep away [03261] the refuge [04268] of lies [03577], and the waters [04325] shall overflow [07857] the hiding place [05643].
3 And thou shalt make [06213] his pans [05518] to receive his ashes [01878], and his shovels [03257], and his basons [04219], and his fleshhooks [04207], and his firepans [04289]: all the vessels [03627] thereof thou shalt make [06213] of brass [05178].
50 And Adonijah [0138] feared [03372] because [06440] of Solomon [08010], and arose [06965], and went [03212], and caught hold [02388] on the horns [07161] of the altar [04196].
14 But if a man [0376] come presumptuously [02102] upon his neighbour [07453], to slay [02026] him with guile [06195]; thou shalt take [03947] him from mine altar [04196], that he may die [04191].
7 And the priest [03548] shall put [05414] some of the blood [01818] upon the horns [07161] of the altar [04196] of sweet [05561] incense [07004] before [06440] the LORD [03068], which is in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]; and shall pour [08210] all the blood [01818] of the bullock [06499] at the bottom [03247] of the altar [04196] of the burnt offering [05930], which is at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
1 And he made [06213] the altar [04196] of burnt offering [05930] of shittim [07848] wood [06086]: five [02568] cubits [0520] was the length [0753] thereof, and five [02568] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] thereof; it was foursquare [07251]; and three [07969] cubits [0520] the height [06967] thereof.
1 And he made [06213] the altar [04196] of burnt offering [05930] of shittim [07848] wood [06086]: five [02568] cubits [0520] was the length [0753] thereof, and five [02568] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] thereof; it was foursquare [07251]; and three [07969] cubits [0520] the height [06967] thereof.
2 And he made [06213] the horns [07161] thereof on the four [0702] corners [06438] of it; the horns [07161] thereof were of the same: and he overlaid [06823] it with brass [05178].
3 And he made [06213] all the vessels [03627] of the altar [04196], the pots [05518], and the shovels [03257], and the basons [04219], and the fleshhooks [04207], and the firepans [04289]: all the vessels [03627] thereof made [06213] he of brass [05178].
4 And he made [06213] for the altar [04196] a brasen [05178] grate [04345] of network [07568] [04639] under the compass [03749] thereof beneath [04295] unto the midst [02677] of it.
5 And he cast [03332] four [0702] rings [02885] for the four [0702] ends [07099] of the grate [04345] of brass [05178], to be places [01004] for the staves [0905].
6 And he made [06213] the staves [0905] of shittim [07848] wood [06086], and overlaid [06823] them with brass [05178].
7 And he put [0935] the staves [0905] into the rings [02885] on the sides [06763] of the altar [04196], to bear [05375] it withal; he made [06213] the altar hollow [05014] with boards [03871].
20 And Noah [05146] builded [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068]; and took [03947] of every clean [02889] beast [0929], and of every clean [02889] fowl [05775], and offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] on the altar [04196].