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 a horn at each of its four corners. The four horns and the altar must be made out of one piece ⌞of wood⌟ covered with bronze. 3“Make all the utensils for it out of bronze: pots for taking away the altar’s ashes, also shovels, bowls, forks, and incense burners. “Make a grate for it out of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring for ⌞each of⌟ the four corners of the grate. 5Put the grate under the ledge of the altar so that it comes halfway up the altar. 6“Make poles out of acacia wood for the altar, and 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 with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its accessories, the basin with its stand,
• Exodus 38:4He made a grate for the altar out of bronze mesh, ⌞and put it⌟ under the ledge, halfway up the altar.
• Exodus 25:12Cast four gold rings for it, and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on each 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
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• Exodus, the Book of
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• 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