Exodus 37:25-29
Legacy Standard Bible
Making the Altar of Incense
25 (A)Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit [a]long and a cubit [b]wide, square, and two cubits [c]high; its horns were of one piece with it. 26 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its [d]sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around. 27 He made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it. 28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 29 (B)And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.
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- Exodus 37:25 Lit its length
- Exodus 37:25 Lit its width
- Exodus 37:25 Lit its height
- Exodus 37:26 Lit walls
Exodus 37:25-29
New English Translation
The Making of the Altar of Incense
25 Bezalel[a] made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was 18 inches and its width 18 inches—a square—and its height was 36 inches. Its horns were of one piece with it.[b] 26 He overlaid it with pure gold—its top,[c] its four walls,[d] and its horns—and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.[e] 27 He also made[f] two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides,[g] as places[h] for poles to carry it with. 28 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
29 He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
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- Exodus 37:25 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Exodus 37:25 tn Heb “from it were its horns,” meaning that they were made from the same piece.
- Exodus 37:26 tn Heb “roof.”
- Exodus 37:26 tn Heb “its walls around.”
- Exodus 37:26 tn Heb “and he made for it border gold around.”
- Exodus 37:27 tn Heb “and he made.”
- Exodus 37:27 sn Since it was a small altar, it needed only two rings, one on either side, in order to be carried. The second mention of their location clarifies that they should be on the sides, the right and the left, as one approached the altar.
- Exodus 37:27 tn Heb “for houses.”
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