Focused Passage

Exodus 27:1-8

The Altar, Courtyard, and Oil for the Lamp

The LORD commands Moses to make the bronze altar for burnt offerings, its utensils and carrying poles, the courtyard with its curtains, posts, bases, and entrance screen, and finally to command Israel to bring pure olive oil so the lamp may burn regularly before the LORD from evening until morning.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

2Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

4Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

5Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.

6Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

8Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

You are to buildוְעָשִׂ֥יתָH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markeran altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַH4196Article | Noun - masculine singularof acaciaשִׁטִּ֑יםH7848Noun - feminine pluralwoodעֲצֵ֣יH6086Noun - masculine plural constructThe altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַH4196Article | Noun - masculine singularmust beיִהְיֶה֙H1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularsquareרָב֤וּעַH7251Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularfiveחָמֵשׁ֩H2568Number - feminine singularcubitsאַמּ֨וֹתH520Noun - feminine plurallongאֹ֜רֶךְH753Noun - masculine singularfiveוְחָמֵ֧שׁH2568Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singularcubitsאַמּ֣וֹתH520Noun - feminine pluralwideרֹ֗חַבH7341Noun - masculine singularand threeוְשָׁלֹ֥שׁH7969Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singularcubitsאַמּ֖וֹתH520Noun - feminine pluralhighקֹמָתֽוֹ׃H6967Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

BSB notes

  • The altar was approximately 7.5 feet in length and width, and 4.5 feet high (2.3 meters in length and width, and 1.4 meters high).
Verse 2

Original words

Makeוְעָשִׂ֣יתָH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singulara hornקַרְנֹתָ֗יוH7161Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singularon each ofעַ֚לH5921Prepositionits fourאַרְבַּ֣עH702Number - feminine singular constructcornersפִּנֹּתָ֔יוH6438Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singularso that the hornsקַרְנֹתָ֑יוH7161Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singularareתִּהְיֶ֣יןָH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine pluralof one pieceמִמֶּ֖נּוּH4480Preposition | third person masculine singularand overlayוְצִפִּיתָ֥H6823Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular-אֹת֖וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularit with bronzeנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃H5178Noun - feminine singular
Verse 3

Original words

Makeוְעָשִׂ֤יתָH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular. . .תַּעֲשֶׂ֥הH6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularallלְכָל־H3605Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructits utensilsכֵּלָ֖יוH3627Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularof bronzeנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃H5178Noun - feminine singularits potsסִּֽירֹתָיו֙H5518Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singularfor removing ashesלְדַשְּׁנ֔וֹH1878Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singularits shovelsוְיָעָיו֙H3257Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularits sprinkling bowlsוּמִזְרְקֹתָ֔יוH4219Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularits meat forksוּמִזְלְגֹתָ֖יוH4207Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularand its firepansוּמַחְתֹּתָ֑יוH4289Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 4

Original words

Constructוְעָשִׂ֤יתָH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularfor itלּוֹ֙Preposition | third person masculine singulara grateמִכְבָּ֔רH4345Noun - masculine singular. . .מַעֲשֵׂ֖הH4639Noun - masculine singular constructof bronzeנְחֹ֑שֶׁתH5178Noun - feminine singularmeshרֶ֣שֶׁתH7568Noun - feminine singular constructand make aוְעָשִׂ֣יתָH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular-אַרְבַּע֙H702Number - feminine singularbronzeנְחֹ֔שֶׁתH5178Noun - feminine singularringטַבְּעֹ֣תH2885Noun - feminine plural constructatעַ֖לH5921Prepositioneach of the fourאַרְבַּ֥עH702Number - feminine singularcornersקְצוֹתָֽיו׃H7098Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singularofעַל־H5921Prepositionthe meshהָרֶ֗שֶׁתH7568Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 5

Original words

Setוְנָתַתָּ֣הH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular[the grate]אֹתָ֗הּH853Direct object marker | third person feminine singularbeneathמִלְּמָ֑טָּהH4295Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Adverb-תַּ֛חַתH8478Prepositionthe ledgeכַּרְכֹּ֥בH3749Noun - masculine singular constructof the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַH4196Article | Noun - masculine singularso that the meshהָרֶ֔שֶׁתH7568Article | Noun - feminine singularcomesוְהָיְתָ֣הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularhalfwayחֲצִ֥יH2677Noun - masculine singular constructupעַ֖דH5704Prepositionthe altarהַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃H4196Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 6

Original words

Additionally, makeוְעָשִׂ֤יתָH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularpolesבַדִּים֙H905Noun - masculine plural-בַּדֵּ֖יH905Noun - masculine plural constructof acaciaשִׁטִּ֑יםH7848Noun - feminine pluralwoodעֲצֵ֣יH6086Noun - masculine plural constructfor the altarלַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַH4196Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularand overlayוְצִפִּיתָ֥H6823Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularthemאֹתָ֖םH853Direct object marker | third person masculine pluralwith bronzeנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃H5178Noun - feminine singular
Verse 7

Original words

The polesבַּדָּ֖יוH905Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularare to be insertedוְהוּבָ֥אH935Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerinto the ringsבַּטַּבָּעֹ֑תH2885Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine pluralso that the polesהַבַּדִּ֗יםH905Article | Noun - masculine pluralareוְהָי֣וּH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralonעַל־H5921Prepositiontwoשְׁתֵּ֛יH8147Number - feminine dual constructsidesצַלְעֹ֥תH6763Noun - feminine plural constructof the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַH4196Article | Noun - masculine singularwhen it is carriedבִּשְׂאֵ֥תH5375Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct-אֹתֽוֹ׃H853Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Verse 8

Original words

Constructתַּעֲשֶׂ֣הH6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularthe altarאֹת֑וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularwith boardsלֻחֹ֖תH3871Noun - masculine pluralso that it is hollowנְב֥וּבH5014Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular constructIt is to be madeיַעֲשֽׂוּ׃סH6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluraljust asכַּאֲשֶׁ֨רH834Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativeyou were shownהֶרְאָ֥הH7200Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular-אֹתְךָ֛H853Direct object marker | second person masculine singularon the mountainבָּהָ֖רH2022Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular. . .כֵּ֥ןH3651Adverb

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