Exodus 27 · Verse 3

Exodus 27:3

And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
Exodus 27:3, King James Version

Exodus 27:3 in other translations

BSBMake all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
WEBYou shall make its pots to take away its ashes; and its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all its vessels of bronze.
ASVAnd thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
YLTAnd thou hast made its pots to remove its ashes, and its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its fire-pans, even all its vessels thou dost make of brass.
DARBYAnd thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper.
BBEAnd make all its vessels, the baskets for taking away the dust of the fire, the spades and basins and meat-hooks and fire-trays, of brass.
WebsterAnd thou shalt make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass.

What does Exodus 27:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. shovels--fire shovels for scraping together any of the scattered ashes. basons--for receiving the blood of the sacrifice to be sprinkled on the people. fleshhooks--curved, three-pronged forks (1Sa 2:13, 14). fire-pans--A large sort of vessel, wherein the sacred fire which came down from heaven (Le 9:24) was kept burning, while they cleaned the altar and the grate from the coals and ashes, and while the altar was carried from one place to another in the wilderness [Patrick, Spencer, Le Clerc].

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Thou shalt make his pans - סירתיו sirothaiv, a sort or large brazen dishes, which stood under the altar to receive the ashes that fell through the grating. His shovels - יעיו yaaiv. Some render this besoms; but as these were brazen instruments, it is more natural to suppose that some kind of fire-shovels are intended, or scuttles, which were used to carry off the ashes that fell through the grating into the large pan or siroth. His basins - מזרקתיו mizrekothaiv, from זרק zarak, to sprinkle or disperse; bowls or basins to receive the blood of the sacrifices, in order that it might be sprinkled on the people before the altar, etc. His flesh-hooks - מזלגתיו mizlegothaiu. That this word is rightly translated flesh-hooks is fully evident from 1Sam 2:13, where the same word is used in such a connection as demonstrates its meaning: And the priest's custom with the people was, that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in the seething, with a Flesh-Hook (מזלג mazleg) of three teeth (prongs) in his hand, and he struck it into the pan, etc.; all that the Flesh-Hook (מזלג mazleg) brought up, the priest took for himself. It was probably a kind of trident, or fork with three prongs, and these bent to a right angle at the middle, as the ideal meaning of the Hebrew seems to imply crookedness or curvature in general. His fire-pans - מחתתיו machtothaiu. Bishop Patrick and others suppose that "this was a larger sort of vessel, wherein, probably, the sacred fire which came down from heaven (Lev 9:24) was kept burning, whilst they cleansed the altar and the grate from the coals and the ashes; and while the altar was carried from one place to another, as it often was in the wilderness.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 27:1-8

In the court before the tabernacle, where the people attended, was an altar, to which they must bring their sacrifices, and on which their priests must offer them to God. It was of wood overlaid with brass. A grate of brass was let into the hollow of the altar, about the middle of which the fire was kept, and the sacrifice burnt. It was made of net-work like a sieve, and hung hollow, that the ashes might fall…

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Exodus 27:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will makeH6213
סִּֽירֹתָיו֙si.ro.Tavpots itsH5518
לְדַשְּׁנ֔וֹle.da.she.Noto take away ashes itsH1878
וְיָעָיו֙ve.ya.'Avand shovels itsH3257
וּמִזְרְקֹתָ֔יוu.miz.re.ko.Tavand bowls itsH4219
וּמִזְלְגֹתָ֖יוu.miz.le.go.Tavand forks itsH4207
וּמַחְתֹּתָ֑יוu.mach.to.Tavand fire-pans itsH4289
לְכָל\־le.kholto allH3605
כֵּלָ֖יוke.Lavarticles itsH3627
תַּעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.Sehyou will makeH6213
נְחֹֽשֶׁת\׃ne.Cho.shetbronzeH5178

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Cross references for Exodus 27:3

  • 1 Kings 7:45

    And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of bright brass.

  • Exodus 38:3

    And 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.

  • 1 Kings 7:40

    And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord:

  • 2 Kings 25:15

    And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

  • Leviticus 16:12

    And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:

  • Jeremiah 52:18-20

    The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:11

    And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

  • 2 Chronicles 4:16

    The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:17

    Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

  • Exodus 24:6

    And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

  • 1 Samuel 2:13-14

    And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

  • Numbers 4:14

    And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
his shovels.
Le 16:12; 1Ki 7:40,45; 2Ch 4:11; Jer 52:18
basons.
24:6
flesh-hooks.
38:3; Nu 4:14; 1Sa 2:13,14; 1Ch 28:17; 2Ch 4:16
firepans.
1Ki 7:45; 2Ki 25:15; Jer 52:19,20

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Context

  • Exodus 27:2

    And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

  • Exodus 27:3

    And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

  • Exodus 27:4

    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.

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Exodus 27:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Harás también sus calderas para echar su ceniza; y sus paletas, y sus tazones, y sus garfios, y sus braseros: harás todos sus vasos de metal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu feras ses vases à cendre, et ses pelles, et ses bassins, et ses fourchettes, et ses brasiers; tous ses ustensiles, tu les feras d’airain.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und mache seine Töpfe, um ihn von der Fettasche zu reinigen, und seine Schaufeln und seine Sprengschalen und seine Gabeln und seine Kohlenpfannen; für alle seine Geräte sollst du Erz verwenden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Faciesque in usus ejus lebetes ad suscipiendos cineres, et forcipes atque fuscinulas, et ignium receptacula; omnia vasa ex ære fabricabis.