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Chapter 27

The Altar for Burnt Offerings. You shall make an altar(A) of acacia wood, on a square, five cubits long and five cubits wide; it shall be three cubits high. At the four corners make horns[a] that are of one piece with the altar. You shall then plate it with bronze.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:2 Horns: the horn of a ram, goat or ox is a common Old Testament figure for strength and dignity; they represent the divine character of the altar itself or the deity worshiped there.

The Altar of Burnt Offering(A)

27 “Build an altar(B) of acacia wood, three cubits[a] high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.[b] Make a horn(C) at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 27:1 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters
  2. Exodus 27:1 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide

See, I have singled out[a] Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

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Footnotes

  1. 31:2 Singled out: lit., “called by name”; cf. 35:30.

“See, I have chosen Bezalel(A) son of Uri, the son of Hur,(B) of the tribe of Judah,

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20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.(A)

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20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.(A)

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