Exodus 27:1
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.
KJV
Facies et altare de lignis setim, quod habebit quinque cubitus in longitudine, et totidem in latitudine, id est, quadrum, et tres cubitos in altitudine.
Vulgate
Καὶ ποιήσεις θυσιαστήριον ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων, πέντε πήχεων τὸ μῆκος, καὶ πέντε πήχεων τὸ εὖρος· τετράγωνον ἔσται τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ τριῶν πήχεων τὸ ὕψος αὐτοῦ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶת הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים חָמֵשׁ֩ אַמּ֨וֹת אֹ֜רֶךְ וְ/חָמֵ֧שׁ אַמּ֣וֹת רֹ֗חַב רָב֤וּעַ יִהְיֶה֙ הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְ/שָׁלֹ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת קֹמָתֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Typology
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the journey from the Red Sea to Mount Sinai, the giving of the Law, the construction of the Tabernacle, the priestly garments, and the institution of sacrifices. Josephus provides detailed descriptions of the Tabernacle and priestly vestments that supplement the biblical account.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 6:49 — But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, accor
- Exod 35:16 — The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
- Exod 38:1 — And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
- Exod 38:1 — And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
- Exod 40:6 — And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
- Ezek 43:13 — 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 thereo
- Ezek 43:16 — And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.