Exodus 38:4
in Exodus 38He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.
KJV
And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
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This verse in Exodus 38
Commentary
3 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
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.
This site's exposition
a grate of bronze mesh
The bronze mesh sits under the ledge, halfway up from the bottom, as Exodus 27:4-5 ordered. Adam Clarke explains the Hebrew names of the grate and of the altar's vessels in his notes on Exodus 27:3-5. Verse 30 counts the grating in the bronze total.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ | lamizbeach | for the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| מִכְבָּ֔ר | mikhbar | a grating | H4345 → | 6 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה | maaseh | a work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| רֶ֣שֶׁת | reshet | a net of | H7568 → | 22 times |
| נְחֹ֑שֶׁת | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| תַּ֧חַת | tachat | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| כַּרְכֻּבּ֛וֹ | karkubo | ledge its | H3749 → | |
| מִלְּמַ֖טָּה | milematah | from to downwards | H4295 → | 19 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| חֶצְיֽוֹ׃ | chetzyo | middle its | H2677 → | 125 times |
וַיַּ֤עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
לַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙for the altar
lamizbeachH4196 →401 times
מִכְבָּ֔רa grating
mikhbarH4345 →6 times
מַעֲשֵׂ֖הa work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
רֶ֣שֶׁתa net of
reshetH7568 →22 times
נְחֹ֑שֶׁתbronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
תַּ֧חַתunder
tachatH8478 →505 times
כַּרְכֻּבּ֛וֹledge its
karkuboH3749 →
מִלְּמַ֖טָּהfrom to downwards
milematahH4295 →19 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
חֶצְיֽוֹ׃middle its
chetzyoH2677 →125 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.