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Exodus 27:4

in Exodus 27

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass: and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.

KJV

And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

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This verse in Exodus 27

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Thou shalt make for it a grate - Calmet supposes this altar to have been a sort of box, covered with brass plates, on the top of which was a grating to supply the fire with air, and permit the ashes to fall through into the siroth or pan that was placed below. At the four corners of the grating were four rings and four chains, by which it was attached to the four horns; and at the sides were rings for the poles of shittim wood with which it was carried.

This site's exposition

make his pans to receive his ashes

on Exodus 27:3-5

The list of vessels opens with the pans for the ashes, so the first tool named is the one for clearing away what the fire has already consumed. Leviticus 6:10 and 6:11 make that a daily priestly duty, done in linen garments and finished by carrying the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. Every item here is brass, including the grate that holds the fire, and no gold comes near this altar.

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And thou shalt, make for it a grate of network of brass,....

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְעָשִׂ֤יתָand you will make

    veasitaH6213 →2628 times

  • לּוֹ֙for <the> it

    lo

  • מִכְבָּ֔רa grating

    mikhbarH4345 →6 times

  • מַעֲשֵׂ֖הa work of

    maasehH4639 →236 times

  • רֶ֣שֶׁתa net of

    reshetH7568 →22 times

  • נְחֹ֑שֶׁתbronze

    nechoshetH5178 →140 times

  • וְעָשִׂ֣יתָand you will make

    veasitaH6213 →2628 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הָרֶ֗שֶׁתthe net

    hareshetH7568 →22 times

  • אַרְבַּע֙four

    ʾarba'H702 →318 times

  • טַבְּעֹ֣תrings of

    tabeotH2885 →49 times

  • נְחֹ֔שֶׁתbronze

    nechoshetH5178 →140 times

  • עַ֖לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • אַרְבַּ֥עfour

    ʾarba'H702 →318 times

  • קְצוֹתָֽיו׃extremities its

    ketzotavH7098 →35 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 35:16

    the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

    it leads to

    • Exodus 27:1–8

      “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

    • Exodus 30:18–21

      “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

    • Exodus 38:1–8

      Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

  • Through

    Exodus 25:12

    Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 25:15

      The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.

    • Exodus 37:5

      He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.

    • Exodus 25:26

      Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.

    • Exodus 27:7

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

    • Exodus 38:7

      Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 27 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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