Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

38 Bezalel^(A) constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide,^[a] and was 4½ feet^[b] high. ² He made horns for it on its four corners; the horns were of one piece with it. Then he overlaid it with bronze.

³ He made all the altar’s utensils: the pots, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze. ⁴ He constructed for the altar a grate of bronze mesh under its ledge,^[c] halfway up from the bottom. ⁵ He cast four rings at the four corners of the bronze grate as holders for the poles. ⁶ He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. ⁷ Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar in order to carry it with them. He constructed the altar with boards so that it was hollow.

The Altar

¹³ “These are the measurements of the altar^(A) in units of length (each unit being the standard length plus three inches):^[a](B) The gutter is 21 inches^[b] deep and 21 inches wide, with a rim of nine inches^[c] around its edge. This is the base^[d] of the altar.