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Myles Coverdale Bible

Exodus 37:25

He made also the altare of incense, of Fyrre tre, a cubyte longe and brode, eauen foure squared, and two cubytes hye with the hornes of it,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Incense;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Holy Place;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - The Altar of Incense;   Crown;   Foursquare;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Shittim;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Foursquare;   Horn;   Horns of the Altar;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He made the altar of incense of shittim wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
King James Version
And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
Lexham English Bible
And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit its length and a cubit its width—a square—and two cubits its height; its horns were of one piece with it.
New Century Version
Then he made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square—eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide—and it was thirty-six inches high. Each corner that stuck out like a horn was joined into one piece with the altar.
New English Translation
He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half—a square—and its height was three feet. Its horns were of one piece with it.
Amplified Bible
Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood; its top was a cubit square and it was two cubits high; the horns were of one piece with it.
New American Standard Bible
Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Furthermore he made the perfume altar of Shittim wood: the length of it was a cubite, & the breadth of it a cubite (it was square) and two cubites hie, & the hornes thereof were of ye same.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it.
Contemporary English Version
For burning incense, Bezalel made an altar of acacia wood. It was eighteen inches square and thirty-six inches high with each of its four corners sticking up like the horn of a bull.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made the altar on which to burn incense of acacia-wood, eighteen inches square and three feet high; its horns were a single unit.
Darby Translation
And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood; a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, square, and two cubits the height thereof: its horns were of itself.
Easy-to-Read Version
He made the altar for burning incense from acacia wood. The altar was square. It was 1 cubit long, 1 cubit wide, and 2 cubits high. There were four horns on the altar. There was one horn on each corner. These horns were joined together with the altar to make one piece.
English Standard Version
He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.
George Lamsa Translation
And he made the incense altar of shittim wood; the length of it was a cubit and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; and its horns were of the same.
Good News Translation
He made an altar out of acacia wood, for burning incense. It was square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide, and it was 36 inches high. Its projections at the four corners formed one piece with it.
Christian Standard Bible®
He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide; it was thirty-six inches high. Its horns were of one piece with it.
Literal Translation
And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood; its length a cubit, and its width a cubit, square. And its height was two cubits; its horns were of it.
American Standard Version
And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, foursquare; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.
Bible in Basic English
And he made the altar for the burning of spices, using the same hard wood; it was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high; the horns made of the same.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made the incense aulter of Sittim wood: the length of it was a cubite, and the breadth a cubite, for it was foure square: and two cubites hye, with hornes proceedyng out of it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, four-square; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.
King James Version (1611)
And he made the incense Altar of Shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit: it was foure square, and two cubites was the height of it; the hornes thereof were of the same.
English Revised Version
And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, foursquare; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.
Berean Standard Bible
He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He made also the auter of encense, of trees of Sechym, hauynge a cubit bi square, and twei cubitis in heiythe, of whos corneris camen forth hornes.
Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh the perfume-altar of shittim wood; a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth (square), and two cubits its height; its horns have been of the same;
Update Bible Version
And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the width thereof, foursquare; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he made the incense-altar [of] shittim wood: the length of it [was] a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; [it was] foursquare; and two cubits [was] the hight of it; the horns of it were of the same.
World English Bible
He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
New King James Version
Exodus 30:1-5">[xr] He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit and its width a cubit--it was square--and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.
New Living Translation
Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.
New Life Bible
Then he made the altar for burning special perfume of acacia wood. It was one cubit long, one cubit wide, and as high as a man's waist. Its horns were of one piece with it.
New Revised Standard
He made the altar of incense of acacia wood, one cubit long, and one cubit wide; it was square, and was two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he made the incense altar, of acacia wood, - a cubit, the length thereof, and, a cubit, the breadth thereof, foursquare, and two cubits the height thereof, of the same, were the horns thereof.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He made also the alter of incense of setim wood, being a cubit on every side foursquare, and in height two cubits: from the corners of which went out horns.
Revised Standard Version
He made the altar of incense of acacia wood; its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit; it was square, and two cubits was its height; its horns were of one piece with it.
THE MESSAGE
He made an Altar for burning incense from acacia wood. He made it a foot and a half square and three feet high, with its horns of one piece with it. He covered it with a veneer of pure gold, its top, sides, and horns, and made a gold molding around it with two rings of gold beneath the molding. He placed the rings on the two opposing sides to serve as holders for poles by which it will be carried. He made the poles of acacia wood and covered them with a veneer of gold.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it.

Contextual Overview

25 He made also the altare of incense, of Fyrre tre, a cubyte longe and brode, eauen foure squared, and two cubytes hye with the hornes of it, 26 and ouerlayed it with fyne golde, the toppe and the sydes of it rounde aboute, 27 and the hornes therof, and made a crowne vnto it rounde aboute of pure golde, & two golde rynges vnder the crowne on both the sydes, to put the staues therin, and to beare it withall: 28 but the staues made he of Fyrre tre, and ouerlayed them with golde. 29 And he made the holy anoyntinge oyle, & the incense of pure spyces, after ye craft of the Apotecary.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 30:1-5, Exodus 40:5, Exodus 40:26, Exodus 40:27, 2 Chronicles 26:16, Matthew 23:19, Luke 1:9, Luke 1:10, Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 13:10, 1 Peter 2:5, Revelation 8:3, Revelation 8:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 31:8 - the altar Exodus 35:15 - the incense Numbers 3:31 - the altars Numbers 4:11 - General 1 Kings 7:48 - the altar 2 Chronicles 4:19 - the golden Luke 1:11 - the altar

Cross-References

Genesis 31:21
So he fled, & all that was his, gat vp, and passed ouer the water, & wente straight towarde the mount Gilead.
Genesis 31:23
And he toke his brethre vnto him, and folowed after him seuen dayes iourney, and ouertoke him vpon the mount Gilead.
Genesis 37:1
Iacob dwelt in ye lande, wherin his father was a straunger, namely in the lade of Canaa.
Genesis 37:4
Now wha his brethre sawe, yt his father loued him more the all his brethre, they had euell wyll at him, & coude not speake a fredly worde vnto hi.
Genesis 37:11
And his brethre had envie at him. But his father marcked this sayenge.
Genesis 37:12
Now wha his brethren were gone forth to kepe their fathers catell in Siche,
Genesis 37:16
He answered: I seke my brethren: tell me I pray the where they kepe.
Genesis 37:18
Now whan they sawe him a farre of, afore he came at the, they deuysed to sleye him,
Genesis 37:28
And as the Madianites marchaunt men wente by, they drew Ioseph out of the pytt, and solde him vnto the Ismaelites (for twetye syluer pens) which brought him in to Egipte.
Genesis 37:36
But the Madianites solde him in Egipte vnto Potiphar Pharaos chefe Marshall.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 37:25. He made the incense altar — See this described Exodus 30:1. Exodus 30:1; Exodus 30:1.


 
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