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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Study Helps

References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

You are to build וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker an altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ H4196 Article | Noun - masculine singular of acacia שִׁטִּ֑ים H7848 Noun - feminine plural wood עֲצֵ֣י H6086 Noun - masculine plural construct The altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ H4196 Article | Noun - masculine singular must be יִהְיֶה֙ H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular square רָב֤וּעַ H7251 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular five חָמֵשׁ֩ H2568 Number - feminine singular cubits אַמּ֨וֹת H520 Noun - feminine plural long אֹ֜רֶךְ H753 Noun - masculine singular five וְחָמֵ֧שׁ H2568 Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular cubits אַמּ֣וֹת H520 Noun - feminine plural wide רֹ֗חַב H7341 Noun - masculine singular and three וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ H7969 Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular cubits אַמּ֖וֹת H520 Noun - feminine plural high קֹמָתֽוֹ׃ H6967 Noun - 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

Make וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular a horn קַרְנֹתָ֗יו H7161 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular on each of עַ֚ל H5921 Preposition its four אַרְבַּ֣ע H702 Number - feminine singular construct corners פִּנֹּתָ֔יו H6438 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular so that the horns קַרְנֹתָ֑יו H7161 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular are תִּהְיֶ֣יןָ H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural of one piece מִמֶּ֖נּוּ H4480 Preposition | third person masculine singular and overlay וְצִפִּיתָ֥ H6823 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular - אֹת֖וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular it with bronze נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ H5178 Noun - feminine singular
Verse 3

Original words

Make וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular . . . תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular all לְכָל־ H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct its utensils כֵּלָ֖יו H3627 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular of bronze נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ H5178 Noun - feminine singular its pots סִּֽירֹתָיו֙ H5518 Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular for removing ashes לְדַשְּׁנ֔וֹ H1878 Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular its shovels וְיָעָיו֙ H3257 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular its sprinkling bowls וּמִזְרְקֹתָ֔יו H4219 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular its meat forks וּמִזְלְגֹתָ֖יו H4207 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and its firepans וּמַחְתֹּתָ֑יו H4289 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 4

Original words

Construct וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular for it לּוֹ֙ Preposition | third person masculine singular a grate מִכְבָּ֔ר H4345 Noun - masculine singular . . . מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה H4639 Noun - masculine singular construct of bronze נְחֹ֑שֶׁת H5178 Noun - feminine singular mesh רֶ֣שֶׁת H7568 Noun - feminine singular construct and make a וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular - אַרְבַּע֙ H702 Number - feminine singular bronze נְחֹ֔שֶׁת H5178 Noun - feminine singular ring טַבְּעֹ֣ת H2885 Noun - feminine plural construct at עַ֖ל H5921 Preposition each of the four אַרְבַּ֥ע H702 Number - feminine singular corners קְצוֹתָֽיו׃ H7098 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular of עַל־ H5921 Preposition the mesh הָרֶ֗שֶׁת H7568 Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 5

Original words

Set וְנָתַתָּ֣ה H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular [the grate] אֹתָ֗הּ H853 Direct object marker | third person feminine singular beneath מִלְּמָ֑טָּה H4295 Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Adverb - תַּ֛חַת H8478 Preposition the ledge כַּרְכֹּ֥ב H3749 Noun - masculine singular construct of the altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ H4196 Article | Noun - masculine singular so that the mesh הָרֶ֔שֶׁת H7568 Article | Noun - feminine singular comes וְהָיְתָ֣ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular halfway חֲצִ֥י H2677 Noun - masculine singular construct up עַ֖ד H5704 Preposition the altar הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ H4196 Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 6

Original words

Additionally, make וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular poles בַדִּים֙ H905 Noun - masculine plural - בַּדֵּ֖י H905 Noun - masculine plural construct of acacia שִׁטִּ֑ים H7848 Noun - feminine plural wood עֲצֵ֣י H6086 Noun - masculine plural construct for the altar לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ H4196 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular and overlay וְצִפִּיתָ֥ H6823 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular them אֹתָ֖ם H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural with bronze נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ H5178 Noun - feminine singular
Verse 7

Original words

The poles בַּדָּ֖יו H905 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular are to be inserted וְהוּבָ֥א H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker into the rings בַּטַּבָּעֹ֑ת H2885 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural so that the poles הַבַּדִּ֗ים H905 Article | Noun - masculine plural are וְהָי֣וּ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural on עַל־ H5921 Preposition two שְׁתֵּ֛י H8147 Number - feminine dual construct sides צַלְעֹ֥ת H6763 Noun - feminine plural construct of the altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ H4196 Article | Noun - masculine singular when it is carried בִּשְׂאֵ֥ת H5375 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct - אֹתֽוֹ׃ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Verse 8

Original words

Construct תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular the altar אֹת֑וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular with boards לֻחֹ֖ת H3871 Noun - masculine plural so that it is hollow נְב֥וּב H5014 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct It is to be made יַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ס H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative you were shown הֶרְאָ֥ה H7200 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular - אֹתְךָ֛ H853 Direct object marker | second person masculine singular on the mountain בָּהָ֖ר H2022 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . כֵּ֥ן H3651 Adverb

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