Exodus 27:1-8

1 "Make an Altar of acacia wood. Make it seven and a half feet square and four and a half feet high.

2 Make horns at each of the four corners. The horns are to be of one piece with the Altar and covered with a veneer of bronze.

3 Make buckets for removing the ashes, along with shovels, basins, forks, and fire pans. Make all these utensils from bronze.

4 Make a grate of bronze mesh and attach bronze rings at each of the four corners.

5 Put the grate under the ledge of the Altar at the halfway point of the Altar.

6 Make acacia wood poles for the Altar and cover them with a veneer of bronze.

7 Insert the poles through the rings on the two sides of the Altar for carrying.

8 Use boards to make the Altar, keeping the interior hollow. The Courtyard

Exodus 27:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 27

This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things relative to it, Ex 27:1-8, of the court of the tabernacle, its hangings on each side, with pillars, sockets, and hooks for them, Ex 27:9-19 and it is concluded with an order to the Israelites to bring oil olive for the lamp of the sanctuary, Ex 27:20,21.