Revised Literal Translation
Exodus 38:4
4And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
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 the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. 3And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. 6And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
Read all of Exodus 38Exodus 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 brasenנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
- grateמִכְבָּרmakbêr · grateH4345
- of networkמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
- of networkרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568
- under the compassכַּרְכֹּבkarkôb · ledgeH3749
- thereof beneathמַ֫טָּהmaţţâh · beneathH4295
- unto the midstחֲצִיchêtsîy · 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
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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
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