Exodus 38:3
in Exodus 38He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
KJV
And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
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This verse in Exodus 38
Commentary
2 notes on this verseOn this all their sacrifices were offered, and it was this which, being sanctified itself for this purpose by the divine appointment, sanctified the gift that was in faith offered on it. Christ was himself the altar to his own sacrifice of atonement, and so he is to all our sacrifices of acknowledgment.
This site's exposition
made all the vessels of the altar
on Exodus 38:3-7
The altar is hollow with boards rather than solid, and it carries rings and staves like the ark inside the vail. Everything in the court is built to be taken down and carried, and Numbers 4:13-14 gives the order for covering this altar and bearing it on the march. Its tools are brass like the altar itself, so nothing of gold is handled where the people stand.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֜עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלֵ֣י | kelei | [the] articles of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַסִּירֹ֤ת | hasirot | the pots | H5518 → | 34 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיָּעִים֙ | haiyaim | the shovels | H3257 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּזְרָקֹ֔ת | hamizrakot | the bowls | H4219 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּזְלָגֹ֖ת | hamizlagot | the forks | H4207 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמַּחְתֹּ֑ת | hamachtot | the fire-pans | H4289 → | 22 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כֵּלָ֖יו | kelav | articles its | H3627 → | 325 times |
| עָשָׂ֥ה | ʾasah | he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
וַיַּ֜עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כְּלֵ֣י[the] articles of
keleiH3627 →325 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַthe altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַסִּירֹ֤תthe pots
hasirotH5518 →34 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַיָּעִים֙the shovels
haiyaimH3257 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמִּזְרָקֹ֔תthe bowls
hamizrakotH4219 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמִּזְלָגֹ֖תthe forks
hamizlagotH4207 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמַּחְתֹּ֑תthe fire-pans
hamachtotH4289 →22 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כֵּלָ֖יוarticles its
kelavH3627 →325 times
עָשָׂ֥הhe made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃bronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach 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
1 Samuel 2:13or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
it leads to
- Leviticus 7:29–34
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.
- Leviticus 7:29–34
Through
Exodus 27:3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:45
and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.
- 1 Chronicles 28:17
the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;
- Jeremiah 52:18–20
They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- 2 Chronicles 4:11
Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:
- Numbers 4:14
and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine…
- 1 Kings 7:45
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.