Exodus 27:4

Exodus 27:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

Context of Exodus 27:4

2Make four horns, one at each corner of the altar. The horns and the altar itself must be one piece of work. Then cover the whole altar with bronze. 3Make all the tools for the altar with bronze. Make pots to remove the ashes, spades and bowls. Make forks for the meat. Make dishes to carry the fire. Use bronze to make a square net and rings at each corner. 5Fix this net inside the altar, in the middle, between the top of the altar and the ground. 6Use acacia wood to make poles for the altar. Cover them with bronze.

Exodus 27:4 word by word

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ לּוֹ֙ מִכְבָּ֔ר מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה רֶ֣שֶׁת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ עַל־הָרֶ֗שֶׁת אַרְבַּע֙ טַבְּעֹ֣ת נְחֹ֔שֶׁת עַ֖ל אַרְבַּ֥ע קְצוֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• for it a grateמִכְבָּרmakbêr · grateH4345
• of networkמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• and upon the netרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• ringsטַבַּ֫עַתţabba‛ath · ringH2885
• cornersקָצָהqâtsâh · endH7098

Cross-references for Exodus 27:4

• Exodus 35:16the altar for burnt offerings and its bronze net; the poles for this altar and all its tools; the large bowl for water and its base;
• Exodus 38:4He used bronze to make a square net for the altar. He fixed it inside the altar, in the middle between the top and the ground.
• Exodus 25:12Make four gold rings and fix them to the four feet of the box. Fix two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

Commentaries on Exodus 27:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thou shalt make for it a grate - Calmet supposes this altar to have been a sort of box, covered with brass plates, on the top of which was a grating to supply the fire with air, and permit the ashes to fall through into the siroth or pan that was placed below. At the four corners of the grating were four rings and four chains, by which it was attached to the four horns; and at the sides were rings for the poles of shittim wood with which it was carried…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-8Verses 1-8 (Compare Exodus 38:1-7.) The great altar which stood in the court immediately in front of the tabernacle was commonly called the altar of burnt-offering, because on it were burnt the whole burnt-offerings, and all those parts of the other animal sacrifices which were offered to the Lord. It was also called the brazen altar, because it was covered with bronze, in distinction from the golden altar or altar of incense Exodus 39:38-39; Exodus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8The square altar for burnt offerings, like the tabernacle frames, was made of acacia wood covered with metal. Yet, to match the other features outside the sanctuary, they covered it with bronze (27:2–3; see 27:10, 17, 19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. a grate of network of brass--sunk latticework to support the fire. four brazen rings--by which the grating might be lifted and taken away as occasion required from the body of the altar.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 27:4

• Altar
• Grate
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Altar
• Grate
• Hollow
• Brass; Brazen
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Four
• Genesis
• Grate; Grating
• Law in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Exodus 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings