Exodus 38:1-7
New English Translation
The Making of the Altar for the Burnt Offering
38 Bezalel[a] made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide—it was square—and its height was 4½ feet. 2 He made its horns on its four corners; its horns were part of it,[b] and he overlaid it with bronze. 3 He made all the utensils of the altar—the pots, the shovels, the tossing bowls, the meat hooks, and the fire pans—he made all its utensils of bronze. 4 He made a grating for the altar, a network of bronze under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom. 5 He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, to provide places for the poles. 6 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. 7 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made the altar[c] hollow, out of boards.
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- Exodus 38:1 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Exodus 38:2 tn Heb “its horns were from it,” meaning from the same piece.
- Exodus 38:7 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the altar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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