Exodus 27:4 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 27:4

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (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.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ	ve.'a.Si.ta	and you will make	H6213 →
לּוֹ֙	lo	for <the> it
מִכְבָּ֔ר	mikh.Bar	a grating	H4345 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה	ma.'a.Seh	a work of	H4639 →
רֶ֣שֶׁת	Re.shet	a net of	H7568 →
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת	ne.Cho.shet	bronze	H5178 →
וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ	ve.'a.Si.ta	and you will make	H6213 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָרֶ֗שֶׁת	ha.Re.shet	the net	H7568 →
אַרְבַּע֙	'ar.Ba'	four	H702 →
טַבְּעֹ֣ת	ta.be.'Ot	rings of	H2885 →
נְחֹ֔שֶׁת	ne.Cho.shet	bronze	H5178 →
עַ֖ל	'al	on	H5921 →
אַרְבַּ֥ע	'ar.Ba'	four	H702 →
קְצוֹתָֽיו׃	ke.tzo.Tav	extremities its	H7098 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 35:16
the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
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.
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.

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