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Exodus 38:1

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And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.	And he made the altar of burnt offering [of] shittim wood: five cubits [was] the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; [it was] foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.	And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he made^H6213 the altar^H4196 of burnt offering^H5930 of shittim^H7848 wood^H6086: five^H2568 cubits^H520 was the length^H753 thereof, and five^H2568 cubits^H520 the breadth^H7341 thereof; it was foursquare^H7251; and three^H7969 cubits^H520 the height^H6967 thereof.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים חָמֵשׁ אַמֹּות אָרְכֹּו וְחָמֵשׁ־אַמֹּות רָחְבֹּו רָבוּעַ וְשָׁלֹשׁ אַמֹּות קֹמָתֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּ֛עַשׂ	va/i.Ya.'as	H6213	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he made
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מִזְבַּ֥ח	miz.Bach	H4196	HNcmsc	(the) altar of
הָ/עֹלָ֖ה	ha./'o.Lah	H5930	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ burnt offering
עֲצֵ֣י	'a.Tzei	H6086	HNcmpc	wood(s) of
שִׁטִּ֑ים	shi.Tim	H7848	HNcfpa	acacia
חָמֵשׁ֩	cha.Mesh	H2568	HAcfsa	(was) five
אַמּ֨וֹת	'a.Mot	H520	HNcfpa	cubits
אָרְכּ֜/וֹ	'a.re.K/o	H753	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	length/ its
וְ/חָֽמֵשׁ	ve./cha.mesh-	H2568	HC/Acfsa	and/ (was) five
אַמּ֤וֹת	'a.Mot	H520	HNcfpa	cubits
רָחְבּ/וֹ֙	ra.che.B/o	H7341	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	breadth/ its
רָב֔וּעַ	ra.Vu.a'	H7251	HVqsmsa	square
וְ/שָׁלֹ֥שׁ	ve./sha.Losh	H7969	HC/Acfsa	and/ (was) three
אַמּ֖וֹת	'a.Mot	H520	HNcfpa	cubits
קֹמָתֽ/וֹ	ko.ma.T/o	H6967	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	height/ its

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H520 — אַמָּה (ʼammâh, am-maw'): prolonged from אֵם; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance); cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for מֵאָה), measure, post.
• H753 — אֹרֶךְ (ʼôrek, o'rek'): from אָרַךְ; length; [phrase] forever, length, long.
• H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
• H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
• H5930 — עֹלָה (ʻôlâh, o-law'): or עוֹלָה; feminine active participle of עָלָה; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke); ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also עֶוֶל.
• H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6967 — קוֹמָה (qôwmâh, ko-maw'): from קוּם; height; [idiom] along, height, high, stature, tall.
• H7251 — רָבַע (râbaʻ, raw-bah'): a primitive root (rather identical with רָבַע through the idea of sprawling 'at all fours' (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare אַרְבַּע); properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of רֶבַע; to be quadrate; (four-) square(-d).
• H7341 — רֹחַב (rôchab, ro'-khab): from רָחַב; width (literally or figuratively); breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
• H7848 — שִׁטָּה (shiṭṭâh, shit-taw'): feminine of a derivative (only in the plural שִׁטִּים; meaning the sticks of wood) from the same as שֹׁטֵט; the acacia (from its scourging thorns); shittah, shittim. See also בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof — Ezekiel 43:16, John 6:37, Hebrews 13:8, Revelation 21:16
• the altar — Exodus 20:24, Exodus 27:1-8, Exodus 40:6, Exodus 40:29, 2 Chronicles 4:1, Ezekiel 43:13-17, Romans 8:3-4, Romans 12:1, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 9:14, Hebrews 13:10, 1 Peter 2:5

Reciprocal references (6): Exodus 31:9, Exodus 35:16, Leviticus 1:3, Numbers 3:31, Numbers 4:14, 2 Chronicles 1:5

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ALTARS
• Torrey’s: ALTAR OF BURNT-OFFERING, THE
• Nave’s: ALTAR, BEZALEL, SHITTIM, TABERNACLE

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