Exodus 38:1

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.²He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze. ³He made all the altar's utensils of bronze-its pots, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans. ⁴He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom. ⁵At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles. ⁶And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. ⁷Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow. ⁸Next, he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Bible Verse Review
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the altar: This altar consisted of four boards of shittim - acacia wood, covered with brass, and hollow in the middle; but it is supposed to have been filled up with earth when used, for it is expressly said - Exodus 20:24 that the altar is to be of earth. As it was five cubits long and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, if the cubit be reckoned at 21 inches, it must have been eight feet nine inches square, and about five feet three inches in height. Exodus 27:1-8, Exodus 40:6, Exodus 40:29, 2 Chronicles 4:1, Ezekiel 43:13-17, Romans 8:3, Romans 8:4, Romans 12:1, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 9:14, Hebrews 13:10, 1 Peter 2:5

foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof: Ezekiel 43:16, John 6:37, Hebrews 13:8, Revelation 21:16

Reciprocal: Exodus 31:9 - the altar Exodus 35:16 - The altar Leviticus 1:3 - a burnt Numbers 3:31 - the altars Numbers 4:14 - all the vessels thereof 2 Chronicles 1:5 - the brazen

Cross-References

Genesis 38:2
There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

Genesis 38:3
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

Joshua 12:15
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

Judges 4:18
Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, "Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid." So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

1 Samuel 22:1
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there.

2 Samuel 23:13
At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

2 Kings 4:8
One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

Proverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding."

Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 1-7. And he made the altar of burnt offering,.... That is, Bezaleel made it, or it was made by his direction, he having the care and oversight of it, wherefore the making of it is ascribed to him, 2 Chronicles 1:5 the account of this, its horns, vessels, rings, and staves, is carried on to Exodus 38:2 of which

Exodus 38:2- : Exodus 38:2- : Exodus 38:2- : Exodus 38:2- : Exodus 38:2- : Exodus 38:2- : Exodus 38:2- : Exodus 38:2- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For Exodus 38:1-7 and Exodus 38:9-20 see the notes to Exodus 27:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXVIII

Bezaleel makes the altar of burnt-offering, 1-7.

He makes the laver and its foot out of the mirrors given

by the women, 8.

The court, its pillars, hangings, c., 9-20.

The whole tabernacle and its work finished by Bezaleel,

Aholiab, and their assistants, 21-23.

The amount of the gold contributed, 24.

The amount of the silver, and how it was expended, 25-28.

The amount of the brass, and how this was used, 29-31.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVIII

Verse Exodus 38:1. The altar of burnt-offering — Exodus 38:1- : and for its horns, pots, shovels, basins, &c., see the meaning of the Hebrew terms explained, Exodus 27:3-5.