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Exodus 27:1
New English Translation
Exodus 27:1
New English Translation
The Altar
27 “You are to make the[a] altar of acacia wood, 7½ feet long,[b] and 7½ feet wide; the altar is to be square,[c] and its height is to be 4½ feet[d] .
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- Exodus 27:1 tn The article on this word identifies this as the altar, meaning the main high altar on which the sacrifices would be made.
- Exodus 27:1 tn The dimensions are 5 cubits by 5 cubits by 3 cubits high.
- Exodus 27:1 tn Heb “four”; this refers to four sides. S. R. Driver says this is an archaism that means there were four equal sides (Exodus, 291).
- Exodus 27:1 tn Heb “and 3 cubits its height.”
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