Exodus 27 · Verse 4

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.
Exodus 27:4, King James Version

Exodus 27:4 in other translations

BSBConstruct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
WEBYou shall make a grating for it of network of bronze. On the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
ASVAnd thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass: and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.
YLT‘And thou hast made for it a grate of net-work of brass, and hast made on the net four rings of brass on its four extremities,
DARBYAnd thou shalt make for it a grating of network of copper; and on the net shalt thou make four copper rings at its four corners;
BBEAnd make a network of brass, with four brass rings at its four angles.
WebsterAnd thou shalt make for it a grate of net-work of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in its four corners.

What does Exodus 27:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Thou 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. Even on this there is a great variety of opinions.

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 27:4 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
לּוֹ֙lofor <the> it
מִכְבָּ֔רmikh.Bara gratingH4345
מַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.Seha work ofH4639
רֶ֣שֶׁתRe.sheta net ofH7568
נְחֹ֑שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronzeH5178
וְעָשִׂ֣יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will makeH6213
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָרֶ֗שֶׁתha.Re.shetthe netH7568
אַרְבַּע֙'ar.Ba'fourH702
טַבְּעֹ֣תta.be.'Otrings ofH2885
נְחֹ֔שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronzeH5178
עַ֖ל'alonH5921
אַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'fourH702
קְצוֹתָֽיו\׃ke.tzo.Tavextremities itsH7098

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 27:4

  • Exodus 25:12

    And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

  • Exodus 35:16

    The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

  • Exodus 38:4-5

    And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a grate of network.
35:16; 38:4,5
rings in the four corners thereof.
25:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 27:5

    And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

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Exodus 27:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y le harás un enrejado de metal de obra de malla; y sobre el enrejado harás cuatro anillos de metal á sus cuatro esquinas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu lui feras une grille en ouvrage de treillis, d’airain; et tu feras au treillis quatre anneaux d’airain, à ses quatre bouts;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und mache ihm ein Gitter von Netzwerk aus Erz, und mache an das Netz vier eherne Ringe an seine vier Ecken;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Craticulamque in modum retis æneam: per cujus quatuor angulos erunt quatuor annuli ænei.