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Exodus 35:16

in Exodus 35

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

KJV

The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

This verse in Exodus 35

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
The altar of burnt offering with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels,.... Of which see Exo 27:1. the laver and his foot; Aben Ezra here observes that it had no staves, and conjectures it was carried in wagons when removed.

This site's exposition

the altar of incense with its poles

on Exodus 35:15-19

The list ends with the woven garments for ministering in the holy place for Aaron and his sons. Aaron is named in his office three chapters after he took the people's gold for the calf at 32:2 to 4.

This site's exposition

the altar of burnt offering

The bronze altar of 27:1-8 and the basin of 30:17-21 are the two pieces that stood in the courtyard. John Gill passes on Aben Ezra's remark that the basin is given no poles, and his guess that it travelled by wagon. Exodus 38:1-8 records both made.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. 24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the L ORD 's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The altar of burnt-offering - The brazen altar, see Exo 27:1-8.

The words behind it

17 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.

  • אֵ֣ת׀<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • מִזְבַּ֣ח[the] altar of

    mizbachH4196 →401 times

  • הָעֹלָ֗הthe burnt offering

    haolahH5930 →287 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH854 →929 times

  • מִכְבַּ֤ר[the] grating of

    mikhbarH4345 →6 times

  • הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙<the> bronze

    hanechoshetH5178 →140 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • ל֔וֹ[belongs] to it

    lo

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בַּדָּ֖יוpoles its

    badavH905 →200 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • כֵּלָ֑יוarticles its

    kelavH3627 →325 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַכִּיֹּ֖רthe laver

    hakiyorH3595 →23 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כַּנּֽוֹ׃base its

    kanoH3653 →17 times

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

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.