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Exodus 38:3

in Exodus 38

He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.

BSB

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 verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

On 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

He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze

on Exodus 38:3-7

The altar is hollow and carries rings and staves like the ark. Everything in the court is built to be taken down and carried. Numbers 4:13-14 gives the order for covering this altar and bearing it on the march.

The words behind it

19 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.

  • 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.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 27:3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.3 works1 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 boiling3 works1 Kings 7:45and 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.3 works2 Chronicles 4:16and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.2 works2 Kings 25:14They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.2 worksJeremiah 52:18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Leviticus 10:1Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.2 works

The walk

6 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

    1 Samuel 2:13

    or 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.

  • Through

    Exodus 27:3

    Make 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…

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.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 38 →

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.

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