Exodus 27:1
King James Version
27 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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Exodus 27:1
New King James Version
The Altar of Burnt Offering(A)
27 “You shall make (B)an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits.
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Exodus 40:29
King James Version
29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Exodus 40:29
New King James Version
29 (A)And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and (B)offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Numbers 16:38
King James Version
38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
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Numbers 16:38
New King James Version
38 The censers of (A)these men who sinned [a]against their own souls, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar. Because they presented them before the Lord, therefore they are holy; (B)and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”
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- Numbers 16:38 Or at the cost of their own lives
Deuteronomy 27:5
King James Version
5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
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Deuteronomy 27:5
New King James Version
5 And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; (A)you shall not use an iron tool on them.
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Joshua 8:30
King James Version
30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal,
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Joshua 8:30
New King James Version
Joshua Renews the Covenant(A)
30 Now Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel (B)in Mount Ebal,
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2 Kings 16:14
King James Version
14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the Lord, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the altar.
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2 Kings 16:14
New King James Version
14 He also brought (A)the bronze altar which was before the Lord, from the front of the [a]temple—from between the new altar and the house of the Lord—and put it on the north side of the new altar.
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- 2 Kings 16:14 Lit. house
2 Chronicles 4:1
King James Version
4 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
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2 Chronicles 4:1
New King James Version
Furnishings of the Temple(A)
4 Moreover he made (B)a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.
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Ezra 3:2
King James Version
2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
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Ezra 3:2
New King James Version
2 Then [a]Jeshua the son of (A)Jozadak[b] and his brethren the priests, (B)and Zerubbabel the son of (C)Shealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is (D)written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
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- Ezra 3:2 Or Joshua
- Ezra 3:2 Jehozadak, 1 Chr. 6:14
Ezekiel 43:13
King James Version
13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
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Ezekiel 43:13
New King James Version
Dimensions of the Altar
13 “These are the measurements of the (A)altar in cubits (B)(the [a]cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar:
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- Ezekiel 43:13 A royal cubit of about 21 inches
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