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Exodus 38

Ex. 38:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
theq altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
of burnt offering
`olah (Hebrew #5930)
feminine active participle of 5927; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
KJV usage: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also 5766.
Pronounce: o-law'
Origin: or mowlah {o-law'}
of shittim
shittah (Hebrew #7848)
the acacia (from its scourging thorns)
KJV usage: shittah, shittim. See also 1029.
Pronounce: shit-taw'
Origin: feminine of a derivative (only in the plural shittiym {shit-teem'}; meaning the sticks of wood) from the same as 7850
wood
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
: five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
cubits
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
was the length
'orek (Hebrew #753)
length
KJV usage: + forever, length, long.
Pronounce: o'rek'
Origin: from 748
thereof, and five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
cubits
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
the breadth
rochab (Hebrew #7341)
width (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
Pronounce: ro'-khab
Origin: from 7337
thereof; it was foursquare
raba` (Hebrew #7251)
properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of 7253; to be quadrate
KJV usage: (four-)square(-d).
Pronounce: raw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7250 through the idea of sprawling "at all fours" (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare 702)
; and three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
cubits
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
the height
qowmah (Hebrew #6967)
height
KJV usage: X along, height, high, stature, tall.
Pronounce: ko-maw'
Origin: from 6965
thereof.
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Ex. 27:1• 1And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits. (Ex. 27:1)

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Altar,
Burnt Offering or Sacrifice,
Foursquare,
Offering; Offering Up,
Shittim Wood; Shittah Tree,
Three

Cross References

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1-7:  The altar of burnt offering.
8:  The laver of brass.
9-20:  The court, and its hangings.
21-31:  The sum of what the people offered, and the use to which it was applied.
the altar.This altar consisted of four boards of {shittim} (acacia) wood, covered with brass, and hollow in the middle; but it is supposed to have been filled up with earth when used, for it is expressly said (ch. 20:24) that the altar is to be of earth.
As it was five cubits long and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, if the cubit be reckoned at 21 inches, it must have been eight feet nine inches square, and about five feet three inches in height.
Ex. 27:1‑8• 1And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits.
 2And thou shalt make its horns at the four corners thereof; its horns shall be of itself; and thou shalt overlay it with copper.
 3And thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper.
 4And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of copper; and on the net shalt thou make four copper rings at its four corners;
 5and thou shalt put it under the ledge of the altar beneath, and the net shall be to the very middle of the altar.
 6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with copper.
 7And its staves shall be put into the rings, that the staves may be on both sides of the altar, when it is carried.
 8Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it hath been shewn thee on the mountain, so shall they make it. (Ex. 27:1‑8)
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Ex. 40:6,29• 6And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
 29And he put the altar of burnt-offering at the entrance to the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt-offering and the oblation; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Ex. 40:6,29)
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2 Chron. 4:1• 1And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits. (2 Chron. 4:1)
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Ezek. 43:13‑17• 13And these are the measures of the altar in cubits: the cubit is a cubit and a hand breadth. The bottom was a cubit in height and the breadth a cubit, and its border on the edge thereof round about, one span: and this was the base of the altar.
 14And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower settle was two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the small settle to the great settle, four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
 15And the upper altar was four cubits; and from the hearth of *God and upward were four horns.
 16And the hearth of *God was twelve cubits long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
 17And the settle was fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it, half a cubit; and the bottom thereof a cubit round about: and its steps looked toward the east. (Ezek. 43:13‑17)
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Rom. 8:3‑4• 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh,
 4in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit. (Rom. 8:3‑4)
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Rom. 12:1• 1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your intelligent service. (Rom. 12:1)
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Heb. 3:1• 1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus, (Heb. 3:1)
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Heb. 9:14• 14how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God? (Heb. 9:14)
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Heb. 13:10• 10We have an altar of which they have no right to eat who serve the tabernacle; (Heb. 13:10)
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1 Peter 2:5• 5yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5)
foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
Ezek. 43:16• 16And the hearth of *God was twelve cubits long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof. (Ezek. 43:16)
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John 6:37• 37All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out. (John 6:37)
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Heb. 13:8• 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and to the ages to come. (Heb. 13:8)
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Rev. 21:16• 16And the city lies four-square, and its length is as much as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed--twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and height of it are equal. (Rev. 21:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, and three cubits the height thereof.