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.
Exodus 27:5 in other translations
| BSB | Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar. |
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| WEB | You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. |
| ASV | And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. |
| YLT | and hast put it under the compass of the altar beneath, and the net hath been unto the middle of the altar. |
| DARBY | and thou shalt put it under the ledge of the altar beneath, and the net shall be to the very middle of the altar. |
| BBE | And put the network under the shelf round the altar so that the net comes half-way up the altar. |
| Webster | And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. |
What does Exodus 27:5 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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…
Exodus 27:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 27:5
- Exodus 38:4
And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
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Context
- 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.
- Exodus 27:6
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
Exodus 27:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y lo has de poner dentro del cerco del altar abajo; y llegará el enrejado hasta el medio del altar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et tu le mettras au-dessous du contour de l’autel, en bas, et le treillis ira jusqu’au milieu de l’autel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und setze es unter die Einfassung des Altars, unterwärts, daß das Netz bis zur Hälfte des Altars reiche. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quos pones subter arulam altaris: eritque craticula usque ad altaris medium. |