Exodus 30:2 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 30:2

It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.

BSB

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ASV

A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.

KJV

A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Four-square - That is, on the upper or under surface, as it showed four equal sides; but it was twice as high as it was broad, being twenty-one inches broad, and three feet six inches high. It was called, not only the altar of incense, but also the golden altar, Num 4:11. For the crown, horns, staves, etc., see on the altar of burnt-offering, Exo 27:1 (note), etc.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַמָּ֨ה	'a.Mah	[will be] a cubit	H520 →
אָרְכּ֜וֹ	'a.re.Ko	length its	H753 →
וְאַמָּ֤ה	ve.'a.Mah	and [will be] a cubit	H520 →
רָחְבּוֹ֙	ra.che.Bo	breadth its	H7341 →
רָב֣וּעַ	ra.Vu.a'	square	H7251 →
יִהְיֶ֔ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
וְאַמָּתַ֖יִם	ve.'a.ma.Ta.yim	and [will be] two cubits	H520 →
קֹמָת֑וֹ	ko.ma.To	height its	H6967 →
מִמֶּ֖נּוּ	mi.Me.nu	[will be] from it	H4480 →
קַרְנֹתָֽיו׃	kar.no.Tav	horns its	H7161 →

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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 27:2
Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
leads to
- Psalms 118:27
  The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
- Leviticus 4:7
  The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out…
- 1 Kings 1:50
  But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
- Exodus 29:12
  Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Hebrews 6:18
  Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

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