Exodus 27:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 27:1

The Altar of Burnt Offering

1 “You shall make ^aan altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits.

2 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.

3 Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.

4 You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 27:1

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American Standard Version
And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

Amplified® Bible
AND MAKE the altar of acacia wood, five cubits square and three cubits high [within reach of all].

Contemporary English Version
Use acacia wood to build an altar seven and a half feet square and four and a half feet high,

Darby English Version
And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits.

Good News Bible
"Make an altar out of acacia wood. It is to be square, 7 1/2 feet long and 7 1/2 feet wide, and it is to be 4 1/2 feet high.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

New International Version
"Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.

New King James Version
“You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar you shall make square, and its height you shall measure as three cubits.

Revised Standard Version
"You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

Young's Literal Translation
`And thou hast made the altar of shittim wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth -- the altar is square -- and three cubits its height.

New English Translation
“You are to make the¹ altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long,² and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square,³ and its height is to be⁴ four feet six inches.

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