Exodus 38:4

Exodus 38:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
• New International Version (NIV)They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he made a grate of bronze network for the altar, under its rim, midway from the bottom.

Context of Exodus 38:4

2And he made its horns on its four corners, its horns being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. 3He also made all the utensils of the altar, the pails, the shovels, the basins, the meat-forks, and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze. And he made for the altar a grating of bronze netting beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up. 5He also cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as holders for the poles. 6He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

Exodus 38:4 word by word

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ לַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ מִכְבָּ֔ר מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה רֶ֣שֶׁת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת תַּ֧חַת כַּרְכֻּבּ֛וֹ מִלְּמַ֖טָּה עַד־חֶצְיֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• And he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• for the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• a gratingמַכְבֵּרmakbâr · clothH4346
• of bronzeנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• nettingרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568
• beneathתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• its ledgeכַּרְכֹּבkarkôb · ledgeH3749
• reachingעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• halfwayחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677

Commentaries on Exodus 38:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20This section reports on building the courtyard (38:9–20) and its equipment, including the altar of burnt offering and the bronze basin (38:1–7; 38:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311. the altar of burnt offering--The repetitions are continued, in which may be traced the exact conformity of the execution to the order.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 38:4

• Altar
• Bezalel
• Grate
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Cunning
• Fillet
• Grate
• Occupy
• Overlaying
• Altar
• Atonement, Day of
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis

Commentaries on Exodus 38

• 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