Exodus 38:1-7

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The Altar for Burnt Offerings^(A)

38 Then he built the altar for burnt offerings [Lev. 1] out of acacia wood. The altar was square—·seven and one-half feet [^Lfive cubits] long and ·seven and one-half feet [^Lfive cubits] wide—and it was ·four and one-half feet [^Lthree cubits] high. ² He made each corner stick out like a horn [27:2] so that the horns and the altar were joined together in one piece. Then he ·covered [overlaid] the altar with bronze. ³ He made all the ·tools [utensils] of bronze to use on the altar: the pots, shovels, ·bowls for sprinkling blood [^Lbasins], meat forks, and ·pans for carrying the fire [firepans]. ⁴ He made a large bronze screen to hold the burning wood for the altar and put it inside the altar, under its ·rim [ledge], halfway up from the bottom. ⁵ He made bronze rings to hold the poles for carrying the altar, and he put them at the four corners of the screen. ⁶ Then he made poles of acacia wood and ·covered [overlaid] them with bronze. ⁷ He put the poles through the rings on both sides of the altar, to carry it. He made the altar of boards and left the inside hollow.