Geneva Bible Translation NotesExodus 27

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Exodus 27:1

And thou shalt make an {a} altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.
(a) For the burnt offering.

Exodus 27:2

And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of {b} the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
(b) Of the same wood and matter not fastened to it.

Exodus 27:9

And thou shalt make the {c} court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
(c) This was the first entry into the tabernacle, where the people abode.

Exodus 27:10

And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their {d} fillets [shall be of] silver.
(d) They were certain hoops or circles to beautify the pillar.

Exodus 27:13

And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward [shall be] {e} fifty cubits.
(e) Meaning curtains of fifty cubits.

Exodus 27:14

The hangings of one {f} side [of the gate shall be] fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
(f) Of the door of the court.

Exodus 27:19

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the {g} pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, [shall be of] brass.
(g) Or stakes, with which the curtains were fastened to the ground.

Exodus 27:20

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive {h} beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
(h) Such as comes from the olive, when it is first pressed or beaten.

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