Exodus 38:5
in Exodus 38At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves.
KJV
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
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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
he cast four rings
The four rings belong to the grate itself, cast at its corners, and verse 7 sets the carrying poles through them. Exodus 27:4 gave the same order for rings at the four corners of the mesh. John Gill traces each of these parts back to that chapter.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּצֹ֞ק | vaiyitzok | and he cast | H3332 → | 50 times |
| אַרְבַּ֧ע | ʾarba' | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| טַבָּעֹ֛ת | tabaot | rings | H2885 → | 49 times |
| בְּאַרְבַּ֥ע | bearba' | on [the] four | H702 → | 318 times |
| הַקְּצָוֹ֖ת | haketzavot | the ends | H7117 → | |
| לְמִכְבַּ֣ר | lemikhbar | for [the] grating of | H4345 → | 6 times |
| הַנְּחֹ֑שֶׁת | hanechoshet | <the> bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| בָּתִּ֖ים | batim | holders | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לַבַּדִּֽים׃ | labadim | for the poles | H905 → | 200 times |
וַיִּצֹ֞קand he cast
vaiyitzokH3332 →50 times
אַרְבַּ֧עfour
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
טַבָּעֹ֛תrings
tabaotH2885 →49 times
בְּאַרְבַּ֥עon [the] four
bearba'H702 →318 times
הַקְּצָוֹ֖תthe ends
haketzavotH7117 →
לְמִכְבַּ֣רfor [the] grating of
lemikhbarH4345 →6 times
הַנְּחֹ֑שֶׁת<the> bronze
hanechoshetH5178 →140 times
בָּתִּ֖יםholders
batimH1004 →2046 times
לַבַּדִּֽים׃for the poles
labadimH905 →200 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach 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
Exodus 27:4Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
it leads to
- Exodus 35:16
the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
- Exodus 38:4–5
He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.
- 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.
- Exodus 35:16
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on 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.